Economics - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/economics/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:20:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Is Accumulating Wealth the Point of Life? https://bahaiteachings.org/is-accumulating-wealth-point-life/ https://bahaiteachings.org/is-accumulating-wealth-point-life/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82375 In today’s world, how do we measure success? Is it determined by the sum of money we amass, the number of followers we have on social media, or the degree...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/making-economics-serve-humanity/feed/ 4 Humanomics: Alleviating Poverty Through Virtues https://bahaiteachings.org/humanomics-alleviating-poverty-through-virtues/ https://bahaiteachings.org/humanomics-alleviating-poverty-through-virtues/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77795 For many years, I’ve tried to emphasize the need for humanity and morality in our economic systems – because I believe that lack of morality is the root cause of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/humanomics-alleviating-poverty-through-virtues/feed/ 4 Materialism: the Real Opiate of the Masses https://bahaiteachings.org/materialism-the-real-opiate-of-the-masses/ https://bahaiteachings.org/materialism-the-real-opiate-of-the-masses/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75296 Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, was scathing in his rebuke of religious leaders during the 19th century – who he said actually “hindered the people” from...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/black-friday-cyber-monday-try-giving-tuesday/feed/ 0 How We Can Make Poverty History https://bahaiteachings.org/how-we-can-make-poverty-history/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-we-can-make-poverty-history/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85493 I am currently involved in a project called “Making Poverty History,” and in the process of working on it, I have been investigating the root causes of poverty.  The film...

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