by Michael Manning | Jun 21, 2019 | Opinion
Our economic system is fundamentally unjust. Can we imagine a just economics in line with the joyful grace of Scripture? I was in a meeting recently with representatives from utility companies (the only two providers on the Isle of Man where I live: state-owned...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 16, 2019 | News
The global rich-poor gap is evident in a nearly two-decade difference in life expectancy between richer and poorer economies, a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report revealed. In high-income nations, average life expectancy is 80.8 years, in contrast to...
by Larry Wilson | Jun 18, 2007 | Opinion
I heard Jim Wallis of Sojourners Magazine say years ago that one out of every seven verses in the Bible spoke to the proper use of money. If one-seventh of the Bible tells us how to dispose of our wealth, why then does the church that claims priority of Scripture so...
by Miguel De La Torre | Apr 9, 2007 | Opinion
Just as First World conditions exist among the elite in the Third World, Third World conditions exist in the First World. According to data released from the Internal Revenue Service, the share of U.S. income in 2005 that went to the top 1 percent of Americans...
by John McKinnon | Apr 4, 2007 | Opinion
We have reached the halfway point of the program to halve global poverty by 2015. Members of the United Nations, including Australia, agreed to this target at the Millennium Summit in 2000. The halftime score is not looking good. While some regions are on track to...
