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Parable of the barren fig tree (view source)

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Fig trees are mentioned surprisingly often in the Bible: 42 references to "fig tree" in ESV, more than half in the Old Testament. There are additional references to figs also.
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This parable is [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] of the [[Coase theorem]], which predicts that resources are used in their most productive way in the absence of [[transaction cost]]s.  Unproductive resources -- and people -- are akin to the fig tree that stubbornly failed to bear fruit.
 
This parable is [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] of the [[Coase theorem]], which predicts that resources are used in their most productive way in the absence of [[transaction cost]]s.  Unproductive resources -- and people -- are akin to the fig tree that stubbornly failed to bear fruit.
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Fig trees are mentioned surprisingly often in the [[Bible]]: 42 references to "fig tree" in [[ESV]], more than half in the [[Old Testament]].  There are additional references to figs also.
 
== Literature ==
 
== Literature ==
 
A fig tree is part of a famous quote from Sylvia Plath's ''The Bell Jar''.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/the-fig-tree-quote-in-the-bell-jar-is-always-used-out-of-context-it-actually-changes-the-entire-meaning-8509944</ref>
 
A fig tree is part of a famous quote from Sylvia Plath's ''The Bell Jar''.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/the-fig-tree-quote-in-the-bell-jar-is-always-used-out-of-context-it-actually-changes-the-entire-meaning-8509944</ref>
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