Tag: empowerment

Bloodletting Economics

Nov 20, 2012

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Christian Life, Economics, Poverty, Public Policy, Theology, Vocation, Wealth and Income

Robert Lupton is the author of some excellent books like Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor and Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It). Each month he does a newsletter for FCS Ministries in Atlanta. This month was a particularly interesting piece.…
“Is charity the wrong approach?” David Robinson

Dec 20, 2006

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Poverty, Public Policy

Defeating Global Poverty (David Robinson): Is charity the wrong approach? Muhammad Yunus, the recently announced 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, did an interview that was recently published in Ode Magazine. Here are a few of his quotes: "What all these pop stars and politicians want, is the…