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Trust and entrepreneurship
The virtue of trust is critical in a free-market economy, including for the risk taking – that is, entrepreneurship and investment – that drives economic growth forward. High degrees of trust must exist in the economic system, in the government, in businesses, and in consumers.Editor's note
Do you have to be good to do well? This issue looks at that question.The virtues of development
Entrepreneurs and advocates of market freedom have a special obligation to emphasize the responsible use of prosperity, leisure, and charity.For I was hungry and you fed Me: Ag-biotech and hunger
For those with the gift of plenty, there are, of course, situations where alms are not only good but morally imperative. Alms, however, cannot be the rule. Rather, it is important that every country tries to produce enough food or other goods to trade for food. We do no one a favor if we make them dependent on us for their survival.I, T-shirt: Lessons from the cotton industry
Dr. Pietra Rivoli's new work, detailing the life cycle of a T-shirt, approaches the politics of world trade on a personal, and not an ideological, level.Doubled-edged sword: The power of the Word
Deuteronomy 8:3 “He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers, in order to show you that not by bread alone does man live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 8:3Loving our neighbor - near and far
The condemnation of daily life in the capitalist West is a uniquely diabolical temptation hindering our alleviation of global poverty.Editor's note
In this issue of Religion & Liberty, our thoughts turn to situations where that growth and dynamism is most needed: the desperate situations of poverty and hunger that still persist.Be wary of power
If we value freedom, we must have an intellectual resistance to any proposals that would override choice and replace it with regimentation by the state.Health within limits: A reading of Wendell Berry
In limiting ourselves, we fulfill ourselves.Doubled-edged sword: The power of the Word
St. Paul tells us to work with our own hands, to mind our affairs, and to aspire to live a tranquil life.Private Property and Public Good
From the beginning of human history, humans have exercised dominion over the material world. All components of nature (other than persons themselves) are resources that can be rightly used, and in some instances used up, for the benefit of persons. Through their use of things, people cause much of the material world to become property: that is, material morally tied in a special way to a particular person or persons.