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Can you name any moral principles which would underpin actions you would take towards a global financial recovery?

From what source do you derived these principles?

Greetings to all my Fellow Friars and Nuns

I would appreciate thoughts for my forthcoming book, provisionally titled "God and Money"

Chapter one is close to finality ... but your thoughts are still welcome

Here are the Chapter and Section Headings :-

(1) God and Money ... You cannot serve two masters ? 

              (a) The Widow's Offering (Luke Chapter 21)

              (b) The Parable of the Tenants (Luke Chapter 20)

  (c) Paying Taxes to Caesar (Luke Chapter 20)

              (d) The Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke Chapter 19)

              (e) The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke Chapter 18)

              (f) The Rich Ruler (Luke Chapter 18)

              (g)  The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20)

(2) The Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Luke 16)

              (a) The Rich Man and The Manager ... their roles

              (b) Does Jesus authorise falsifying of invoices?

              (c) Trust in small things as well as large

              (d) Who is the rich man?

              (e) Being a servant?

              (f)  Being rich?

(3) The Parable of the Lost Coin (Luke 15)

              (a) Lost Coins today

              (b) The Cost of Being a Disciple

(4) The Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12)

             (a) Eat Drink and be Merry

             (b) Do Not Worry

             (c) Watchfulness

             (d) Not Peace but Division

             (e) Interpreting the Times

(5) The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10)

            Rich and Poor Countries

            Rich and Poor Individuals

(6) The Parable of the Sower (Luke 8)

(7) Blessing and Woes (Luke 6)

             (a) The meaning for today

             (b) The Wise and Foolish Builders

(8) Values without Faith

             (a) Personal Ethics ... Their Source

             (b) Voluntary Ethics v Enforced Ethics

             (c) Non Believers and Moral Foundations

             (d) Democracy and Pluralism

(9) Church and State

            (a) Savings versus Debt

            (b) Sustainable Growth, GDP Trends

            (c) Asset Bubbles and Greed

            (d) Business without Morality

            (e) Regulation and Fairness

            (f)  The Church in Personal Morality

            (g) The Church in World Morality

            (h) The State in Personal Morality

            (i)  The State in World Morality

            (j)  Compromise v Principles

            (k) Practicality v Ideals

CONCLUSION:  Matthew 25 31-46

If I understand it correctly America built too many dwellings for too few buyers and found them hard to sell

So the surplus was sold to people who couldn't afford to buy them at the previously "inflated" prices when supply and demand were relatively "in balance"

When the indolent, and unhealthy, and unemployed couldn't keep up with their payments (which they could never have afforded anyway) the dwellings were confiscated

The banks then moaned and groaned that they had a surplus of dwellings which again no one could afford

So they asked Big Daddy in Washington for some cash to tide them over in making bonus payments to their world beating executives

Why is this a better model than Christian Communism which is well described in the Acts of the Apostles :-

All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.

There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need. [Acts 4 32-35]

Have I missed the point of where capitalism has failed?

Friar Hilarius