Tag: economic well-being

Prosperity: Final Thoughts on the Cycle of Prosperity

Dec 31, 2008

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by

mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Culture, Economic Development, Economics, International Affairs, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Series: Cycle of Prosperity, Sociology

It is time to bring my Cycle of Prosperity series to a close. I began this series by discussing shalom's centrality to the biblical narrative. What we call "economic well-being" is an essential component of shalom. While we can talk of shalom for an individual, the biblical image is of shalom is community-wide. Next, I…