Many thanks to Jim West <\/a>for bringing recent news about liberation theology to our attention. What I find most troubling about most of the discussions of religion and economics is that we find ourselves choosing \u2018the lesser of two evils\u2019, as though our only options are Capitalism and Communism in a more or less pure form. My wife is from Romania and I lived there for three years, and I certainly find persuasive the argument that human nature makes Communism unworkable. When everyone is paid regardless of productivity, then everyone pretends to work, and when everyone is paid the same, no one works harder than absolutely necessary. In Britain, which tries to get the best of both worlds (capitalism and socialism), and where I lived for even longer, being on the \u2018dole\u2019 is considered a perfectly acceptable option, and can discourage one from seeking gainful employment if one will only make slightly more.<\/p>\n But does that just leave us with pure Capitalism? Hardly. I wish we\u2019d have more discussion <\/a>of other models, such as the \u2018Basic Income\u2019 <\/a>approach. Everyone gets a bare minimum income<\/a>, and then everyone who works gets taxed at a very high rate (say 80%), but however much they make, they keep.<\/p>\n
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