Quaker Universalist Voice

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Topic: Economics

31 October 2021

A Quaker Response for a New Capitalism

A Book Review of Kathryn Tanner, Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism (2018)

In Kathryn Tanner, Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism (2018), the author seems angry at the new dimensions of finance…

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23 October 2021

Cold Affluence

A Book Review of Rachel Sherman, Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence (2017)

Most all Quakers in the U.S.are established in the category of the global wealthy and embrace the justifications for that wealth as described in this book for their financial means. For Quakers, this book, Rachel Sherman, …

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22 October 2021

Poor Candidates

A Review of Nicholas Carnes, The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office-And What We Can Do About It (2018)

In Nicholas Carnes, The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office-And What We Can Do About It (2018), the author wants the reader to…

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