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Economics – Page 8 – AOI – The American Orthodox Institute – USA

AOI – The American Orthodox Institute – USA

Tag: Economics

  • Asceticism — The Cure for Consumerism

    A report from Wells Fargo Securities shows a “record drop” in consumer credit this summer. “Despite the cash-for-clunkers program starting in the last week of July, nonrevolving credit fell at a staggering 11.7 percent annualized pace,” analyst Yasmine Kamaruddin wrote. Indeed, much of the decline was attributed to a spike in charge offs, which points…

  • Green Patriarch: Human Economy Failing

    One would think that, having established a worldwide reputation as the Green Patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I — and his advisers — would approach the writing of a statement on Orthodox Christian stewardship of the environment with a certain gravitas, a sense of responsibility to those in the Church searching for answers on the weighty…

  • Review: How the Byzantines Saved Europe

    The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies. Edited by Elizabeth Jeffreys, John Haldon, Robin Cormack. Oxford University Press (2008) Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin. Princeton University Press (2008) Ask the average college student to identify the 1,100 year old empire that was, at various points in its history, the political,…

  • Are We A Profitable Church? And Shouldn’t We Be?

    “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’ “But…

  • More Thoughts on Economics and the Church

    This was originally posted on my own blog and then posted here in the comments section.  I thought for ease of those who read and comment here I would simply repost  it here for your comments. In Christ, +FrG My post on the implication for the Orthodox Church of Novak’s understanding of capitalism (for the…


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