Economics

Is Saving Seed a Human Right?

Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP) began its work in Ottawa by focusing on intellectual property rights and transnational trade. At… Keith Helmuth

Stewardship of Our Nation's Wealth

Stewardship of the Earth and its creatures is basic to Quaker faith and practice, a natural concomitant to care for… Nancy Milio

Among Friends: Relating to Money

Friends and Money: This topic could be more controversial, more sensitive to many Friends than discussions about politics, racism, religion,… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Our Money and Our Lives

Money is a hard thing for Quakers to talk about. That’s my experience, at least—whether it be in conversations with… Carolyn Hilles

Reconsidering Financial Security

Friends speak of living in faithfulness to God, of letting our outward lives be wholly patterned by obedience to the… Joanna Hoyt

Fighting over Money

Have you noticed that most fights involve triangles—two people or groups and a sticky issue? The sticky issue is often… Ron McDonald

Living with Beggars

The man walking toward me grinned broadly from several feet away, and at first I thought he was being friendly.… Anna Redsand

The Costs of the Quaker Faith

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.” This might be difficult advice… Glenn L. Reinhart

Ministry and Money in the Experience of Earlier Friends

The connection between money and ministry is such a hot-button issue for many unprogrammed Friends. It might be useful to… Marty Grundy

The Right Use of Money

Money has always caused Christians—and modern Quakers—a host of problems. We all know some version of the injunction from Paul:… David H. Ciscel

Quakers and Capitalism

At the World Conference of Friends held at Guilford College in North Carolina in 1967, some young Friends crossed over… Steven Dale Davison

Friends and the Stock Market

Are Quakers involved in the stock market, and if so, why? My own conclusion is that the stock market is… Teddy Milne
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