Tag: hope
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Is a rising tide of hope behind the historic shift in poverty
Christian Science Monitor: Behind the historic shift in poverty A United Nations report on human development signals huge progress in reducing poverty. All the reasons for it may add up to a turnaround in attitudes among the poor about their future. … For much of history, despair often bred despair among the poor. “The anticipation…
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Scot McKnight on Political Eschatology
Looking through articles commenting on the election this morning, I found this one by Scot McKnight. Jesus Creed: Politics and Eschatology Somewhere overnight or this morning the eschatology of American Christians may become clear. If a Republican wins and the Christian becomes delirious or confident that the Golden Days are about to arrive, that Christian…
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On Poverty and Hope
From Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo. The bigger point is that a little bit of hope and some reassurance and comfort can be a powerful incentive. It is easy for those of us who have enough, living a secure life, structured…
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Abhijit Banerjee: ‘The poor, probably rightly, see that their chances of getting somewhere different are minimal’
Guardian: Abhijit Banerjee: 'The poor, probably rightly, see that their chances of getting somewhere different are minimal' The author of Poor Economics on why aid that assumes the poor will do the right thing is misguided – and why political corruption does not necessarily mean economic stagnation. … Until Poor Economics appeared last year, the…
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The Economic Catalyst
For the past few days, I have written about economic justice as we find it in the Bible (Distributive, Commutative, and Remedial.) As we look at the world at Israel's birth, we see cultures full of economic oppression. Slavery was widespread. Poor people were of little consequence. Court justice was skewed toward those with power.…