What would it mean to sever philanthropy—affectively, politically—from reciprocal obligation? What would it look like to enact politics on a…
Reparative capitalism
finance
Deepening the “zero-sum binary”
Via Islamic finance, “rites” have increased their power over “rights” in Malaysia.
Religious foreclosures: where religion and finance meet
Reuters reports that banks in the U.S. are foreclosing on churches in record numbers.
The Amish Madoff
The New York Times reports on a member of an Amish community in Ohio accused of running a Bernie Madoff-like…
Frequencies 81/100 – 90/100
Today marks the ninetieth entry in Frequencies. In the ten most recent entries, Benjamin Zeller climbs a stairway to heaven,…
Is there a global ethic?
It snowed on Saturday throughout the American Northeast. Six weeks ahead of the official start of winter, it snowed on…