Economics

This Season of Giving, Workers Need a Chance to Get Ahead

Mary Beth Maxwell 12-05-2008

'Veggie Delite': Tomato Pickers Win Wage Increase from Subway

Joey Ager 12-05-2008

As the third largest fast-food chain in the world adds its name to a growing list of giants to deliver wage increases and working condition i

CEO Pay Cuts and Hybrid Road Trips by the Big Three

Jim Wallis 12-03-2008

Obama's Ethic of Responsibility

Brian McLaren 12-02-2008

In a recent interview with Barbara Walters, President-elect Obama said,

Buy Nothing Day as Advent Activism Against the Demon Mammon

Shane Claiborne 12-02-2008

As per usual, on Friday, we had all sorts of Buy Nothing Day festivities (check out the video here). But that's not what I want to talk about.

A Different Economic Measure: Quality of Life and an Economic Bill of Rights

Mary Nelson 12-01-2008

It's All His Fault

Ed Spivey Jr. 12-01-2008

The following is an excerpt from economic philosopher Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations treatise, one of the driving intellectual forces behind contemporary market theory.

Faith, Hope, and the Credit Crisis

Adam Hamilton 12-01-2008

The good news: God's sustaining power is not tied to the Dow.

Re-Rooting Ourselves in God

Julie Polter 12-01-2008

Being vessels of that perfect love that casts out fear.

A Pastoral Strategy for Hard Times

Jim Wallis 12-01-2008

What is the responsibility of Christians?

A Pre-Consumption Prayer

Rachel Anderson 11-28-2008

"Consumption" isn't a bad word. Even as we watch the excesses of the consumer economy crumble and collapse around us, we should remember that the word "consume" also means "to eat."

My Day on the Hugo Chavez Show

Rose Marie Berger 11-25-2008

Tonight, PBS's Frontline will air "The Hugo Chavez Show: An illuminating inside view of the mercurial Venezuelan president, his rise to power, and the new type of revolution he seems to be inventing -

Thinking Thankfully About Money

Rachel Anderson 11-25-2008

When you are giving thanks this week, why not give thanks for money? Sound crass? It shouldn't be, because that's what could empower a household economy based on gratitude rather than one driven by greed or guilt.

Give Thanks in All Circumstances

Valerie Elverton Dixon 11-24-2008

I Am a Predatory Borrower

Timothy McMahan King 11-21-2008

A Second Bretton Woods?

Neil Watkins 11-21-2008

Twenty heads of state descended upon Washington

this past weekend to discuss the global financial crisis and how to solve it. A communiqué and action plan came out of the meeting, but without President-elect Obama there, few had expected much to come in terms of concrete results

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Video: How to Make Christmas Ornaments from Credit Cards

Jeannie Choi 11-21-2008

The word "plastic" means "anything which can be easily shaped or sculpted" (actually, an even older meaning is "sculptor")

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Black Friday and Consumerism, White Privilege and Buy Nothing Day

Eugene Cho 11-20-2008

All of you who have a pulse know that the Friday after Thanksgiving is the single most crazy shopping day in the United States.

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Audio: Biblical Redistribution of Wealth -- What You Think You Own is Not Yours

Efrem Smith 11-20-2008

In this clip, taken from a Nov. 2 sermon, Pastor Efrem talks about the implications of the commandment not to covet, and a biblical approach to wealth and ownership.