{"id":3710,"date":"2010-04-26T20:51:39","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T09:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=3710"},"modified":"2010-04-26T20:51:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T09:51:39","slug":"questions-for-a-christian-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2010\/04\/26\/questions-for-a-christian-economist\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions for a Christian Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economic issues tend to figure highly in private and public discourse in Tasmania and nationally.\u00a0If you had the opportunity, what would you ask a Christian economist?<\/p>\n

The following 14 questions tumbled out of conversations and some pondering. Do you have any questions for a Christian economist? What are they? Any the same as mine?\u00a0 Your thoughts, please.<\/p>\n

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  1. Why don\u2019t economists agree?<\/li>\n
  2. Why are rich people getting richer?<\/li>\n
  3. Is there a biblical\/Christian economics?<\/li>\n
  4. Why don\u2019t we have the year of jubilee to release poor debt-burdened people and even nations?<\/li>\n
  5. Are the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Christian?<\/li>\n
  6. Does welfare giving and aid simply increase poor people\u2019s (recipients\u2019) passivity and dependence?<\/li>\n
  7. Why aren\u2019t all workers paid the same wage?<\/li>\n
  8. Is greed the foundation of capitalism (our economy)?<\/li>\n
  9. Is interest usury (and un-biblical)?<\/li>\n
  10. When does the profit motive become un-Christian?<\/li>\n
  11. How much is enough? When is enough, enough?<\/li>\n
  12. Should Christians play the stock market? e.g. Christians\u00a0pay into\u00a0superannuation schemes<\/li>\n
  13. Is it wrong for Christians to be in a union?<\/li>\n
  14. And the knockout comment, not a question: Economics has no morals: Christians should not be involved!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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