Tag Archives: Globalization

Global and Local

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

This chapter of Being Consumed concerns globalization. In particular Cavanaugh explores the relationship of the universal to the particular. This is an age old philosophical problem of the one and the many. How should the local and global, one and … Continue reading →

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Being Consumed

Posted on February 6, 2009 by

I recently picked up a thin little book by William Cavanaugh titled Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire. I’ve only read the introduction, but the first two sentences hooked me. “Some Christians may be tempted to assume that economics is … Continue reading →

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Waste Not: Food Crisis Edition

Posted on August 31, 2008 by

I actually wrote this back on July 11 this summer. The news is not exactly recent, but I think still relevant. Apparently the good folks at the G8 summit on the food crisis were treated to an 18 course dinner … Continue reading →

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Déjà chew

Posted on June 4, 2008 by

The Ethicurean recently featured a post by Daryll E. Ray that puts the food crisis in context and explains a lot of technical economics in a way that is easy to read and understand, Déjà chew: The food price crisis … Continue reading →

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Who Feeds Us?

Posted on May 29, 2008 by

Who Feeds Us? is a new series from Eat. Drink. Better. which according to the site attempts “to investigate the lives of our farm workers. Who picks our crops and packages our meals and how are they treated in our … Continue reading →

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