Results for financial institutions
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It's Time For Us to Grow Up and Sacrifice
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
The other day the mail brought an advertisement for something I desperately need (or so the ad suggested). If I ordered it right now, the ad said, I would save a hefty percentage off the usual price. ...
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Memo to Governor Scott Walker from Pope Benedict XVI
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
An estimated 30,000 people converged in Madison, Wisconsin's Capitol Square and inside the Capitol building on Thursday <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usreport-us-usa-wisctre71h07e- ...
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Why Are the Big Banks Still So Bad?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
Yesterday, Elizabeth Warren and the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau convened their first roundtable of religious leaders at the White House. Why does this matter? Yesterd ...
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A Neighborhood View of Consumer Financial Protection
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
As someone who lives in Cleveland -- which in some years is identified as the poorest city in the U.S. As someone who lives in Cleveland -- which in some years is identified as th ...
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Wall Street, Repent!
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
We are all familiar with the famous pop culture image of a street evangelist holding up a sign reading, "Repent, for the end is near!" But repentance is actually a fundamental religious theme, and ...
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'Doing God's Work': A Moral Case for Financial Reform
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
As financial reform legislation stalls in the Senate for the moment and embattled Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein testifies today before a congressional subcommittee, faith-based organizations an ...
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The Sin of Usury
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
<em>Recently, on the <a href="http://faithandleadership.com/blog">Call & Response blog</a>, <a href="http://faithandleadership.com/blog/02-22-2010/dan-rhodes-congreg ...
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Four Steps to Save the Souls of Big Banks
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a></p> The biggest banks have an ethical obligation to hel ...
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Is it Really Better -- Even Financially -- to Give than to Receive?
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a></p> Whatever your political affiliation and opini ...
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Victory for Haiti Debt Cancellation!
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog -
of the world.." http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/4508 . How has this happened? With debt forgiveness ... of the world.." http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/4508 . How has this happened? With debt forgiveness ...
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Break the Chains of Haiti's Debt
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog -
Over the last few weeks, we have seen an incredible international response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti. U.S. citizens are generously giving; the U.S. Over the last few weeks ...
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Going to Church on Wall Street to Talk About Ethical Economics
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a></p> During Trinity Institute's 2009 conference & ...
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If They Are Too Big To Fail, Let's Make Them Smaller
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a></p> <p>We're off and running. I am headed for the airport to go to Detroit for the fi ...
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The Parable of the Unmerciful Bankers
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a></p> This week, I joined a press conference with Peo ...
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Paul Tells It Like It Is: 'Wake Up Gentlemen'
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a></p> "Wake up, gentlemen." The tall prophe ...
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Fired Up About Financial Reform
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/finding-our-way-in-the-new-economy/"></a></p> <p>I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore ...
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Biden on the Bailouts: 'Socialism for the Rich, and Capitalism for the poor'
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p>Joe Biden <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/">admitted last night on The Daily Show</a> that the billions of dollars we've spent on big bank bailouts is "socialism f ...
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Calling Big Banks to Account
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
Thousands of protesters <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsfinanceprotest">converged on Chicago</a> last week to demand banking reform, challenging bankers ...
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Integrity and the Economic Crisis
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
The economic crisis that started last fall and was remembered last week brought to light a lot of things: the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/business/14spiral.html">vulnerability< ...
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Three Responses to a Conservative Critic on Health-Care Reform
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
Just received this:</p> Just received this: I am one of the conservative Christians you refer to in your letter. I did not and still do not support President Obama alt ...
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Pope Benedict on the Global Economy
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
As the G8 Summit begins in Italy, Pope Benedict XVI has released a new encyclical on the global economy. As the G8 Summit begins in Italy, Pope Benedict XVI has released a new enc ...
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Taking the 'Micro' out of Microfinance
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
For too many households around the world, living paycheck-to-paycheck is a luxury out of reach. For too many households around the world, living paycheck-to-paycheck is a luxury o ...
