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Young Christian businessman: Capitalism is upside down system January 12, 2008

Posted by Zack in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Here’s a fascinating long series written by a young Christian about Capitalism & Christianity. His posts mostly generated a lot of discussion in the comments, making it a very interesting view into the economic intellectual instincts among this group.

Reimagining Capitalism

This is a series of thoughts I gave concerning capitalism and how at times it goes against the grain of the kingdom of God. Along with my struggles with launching a new business and the tension between making profit and fleshing out the values of God’s economy.

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So here’s the deal. I’m not a communist. I’m not a socialist. I think both systems are flawed. But honestly, I’d also like to be able to tell you that I’m no longer a capitalist. Unfortunately, it would be rather hypocritical and ignorant of me as a small business owner and as someone embedded in a suburban community to ignore how heavily influenced I am by this economic system of capitalism.

Check it out.

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