Category - markets

Towards an economy worth believing in

Simon Barrow — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:34:10 +0100

A paper summarising some recent interventions from faith bodies on the debate about economy, globally and locally. It also highlights the historic links between Christian thought/action and oikonomia (the management of the household), some different stances on markets, and Ekklesia's own research paper, Is God bankrupt? - a response to a British and Irish churches' report on 'prosperity with a purpose', published in 2005. A brief update has been included relating to the 2008 credit crunch / banking crisis.

Simon Barrow

Turning economics upside-down

Jonathan Bartley — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:47:52 +0000

What would happen if just a small proportion of the £1.25 trillion in consumer debt we all owe on was defaulted upon or suddenly called in? Jonathan Bartley looks at economic revolutions, and revolutionizing economics from the standpoint of the Gospel.

Targets, markets and a vision of health

Savi Hensman — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:33:26 +0100

We need to ask deeper questions about the 'punishment and reward' theology of targets, markets and excellence that has come to dominate health policy, suggests Savi Hensman.