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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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== 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> | ||
Revision as of 06:10, November 8, 2022
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 costs. Unproductive resources -- and people -- are akin to the fig tree that stubbornly failed to bear fruit.
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
A fig tree is part of a famous quote from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar.[1]