Tag: rational compassion

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It, So Why Don’t We Feel Fine?

Nov 30, 2015

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mwkruse

in Great Divergence, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

It’s the end of the world as we know it – because it is improving remarkably! Almost every indicator of human well-being shows improvement on a global basis. We live in the best era in human history. How does that make you feel? Like the old REM song, does it make you feel fine? Or…
Stop Trying to Save the World (Good Intentions Are Not Enough!)

Feb 26, 2015

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by

mwkruse

in Christian Life, Economic Development, Poverty, Sociology

New Republic: Stop Trying to Save the World: Big ideas are destroying international development, Michael Hobbes One of the first classes I took in the economic development program at Eastern University was a class where we spent the entire semester studying the wide variety of economic development models that had been tried. Few worked. The…