Category: economics
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Book Reviews
Princess Navina visits Malvolia
The most important of topics aren’t always the most interesting. That’s why, instead of writing a textbook on the subject of “how government policy goes bad,” James Payne decided to craft a series of four storybooks. The heroine, Princess Navina,…
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EconomicsA multi-level warning about multi-level marketing
Multi-level marketing’s end is nowhere in sight. Years ago, my personal ministry was. Yours truly accepted the invitation of another minister to jump into the…
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EconomicsSales as a noble calling
Many years ago, when I first arrived in Australia, I was working for a dry cleaner who soon realized that I would never make it…
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EconomicsThe $33/hr minimum wage?
As of January 1, the minimum wage in New York City was boosted to $15 an hour, a more than doubling of the $7.25 minimum…
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EconomicsWhat makes a salesman good?
I didn’t know too many salesmen while I was growing up, so my perception of them was shaped in large part by the jokes made…
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EconomicsWhat if selling could be a beautiful thing?
“I hate sales.” That phrase came up again and again while I was working with a group of Christian not-for-profit leaders. As we explored the…
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EconomicsIf work is worship, does that mean I just gotta be warm and fuzzy all day?
In an earlier article we peered into God’s design for business and how that changes one’s outlook on vocation and the marketplace. Our work done…
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EconomicsThe rich get richer by making us all wealthier too
Coveting is not only a sin, it’s stupid. It’s important we’re clear on both points, because the Devil is willing to work any angle. He…
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EconomicsThe rich keep getting richer… and they’re not the only ones
Capitalism helps everyone. That might be hard to believe right now, with the worldwide economy in the doldrums, and with many fingering capitalism as the…
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EconomicsCounting our blessings: Ways the world is getting better
With all the bad news we read and hear about each day, it’s easy to miss the good news. But if we are to “forget…
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EconomicsBUSINESS IS BEAUTIFUL! How do you view your business?
If you are an average healthy, able-bodied North American you will spend at least half of all the waking hours in your life at work…
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EconomicsWhat is “Equal Pay for work of Equal Value”?
Canada’s Liberal government has announced plans to bring in “equal pay for work of equal value” legislation by 2018. It would apply to almost 900,000…
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EconomicsIf strikes are bad can unions be good?
I grew up hearing horror stories about unions but little else. Unions were bad because union members threw bottles and sticks at their opposition. Later…