Economics

Why Young Friends Should Consider a Career in Business

At the time that the Religious Society of Friends first began in England, one had to be a member of…

Common Good Bank: A Society to Benefit Everyone

The Accidental Banker As Gregor awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into a gigantic cockroach. —Franz…

Queries and Advices on Money

The Quaker Testimonies of Simplicity and Stewardship are the foundation of our spiritual relationship with money. According to Faith and…

Quaker Money, Old Money, and White Privilege

“As a birthright Friend, she really knew her antiques.” This comment opened a testimony to the life of a beloved…

Economics from an Indigenous Perspective

Both David Morse ("A Quaker Response to Economic Globalization," FJ May) and Jack Powelson ("Economics by innuendo and error," Viewpoint,…

A Correspondence on Economics

Pamela (December 13, 2001) I’m puzzling, as usual, over what to do with all I know about what’s wrong in…

Global Partnerships: Opening the Way toward Economic Justice and World Peace

On the streets of Seattle in 1999, protestors put the World Trade Organization in the spotlight and got tangled in…

Who Owns the Water?

Of all the world’s natural resources, few are as fundamental as water. Yet, according to Years of Fresh Water, a…

A Quaker Consultation on Economics and Ecology

Enlarging the Focus of Quaker Social Witness Quaker Eco-Witness and the Earthcare Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting have jointly…

Concerning Economic Policy and Friends Testimonies: An Open Letter

Pendle Hill Wallingford, Pa., USA Third First Day, Sixth Month, 2003 To Friends Everywhere, We greet you as 29 individuals,…

Economics by Innuendo and Error

David Morse’s "A Quaker Response to Economic Globalization" (FJ May) exhibits many errors in economics. He is correct to sympathize…

The Local Side of Globalization

I’ve traveled quite a bit this spring—to Idaho, Wyoming, North Carolina, New York, passing through Georgia, Utah, and Nevada. In…
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