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The '''Parable of the fig tree''' is a blunt message about the need to be productive.  This short [[parable]] appears only in the [[Gospel of Luke]].

The '''Parable of the fig tree''' is a blunt message about the need to be productive.  This short [[parable]] appears only in the [[Gospel of Luke]].

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.  Also like the [[Coase theorem]], the past lack of productivity (or happiness) is no limit on success or happiness now and in the future.

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.

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.