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| | 6. There are many parables by Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke which use familiar concepts of money and economics in order to teach a deeper, more profound spiritual point. Examples are at Matthew 13:18-23 and 44-46; Matthew 18:21-35; Matthew 20:1-16 and 33-46; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 12:13-21; Luke 14:15-24; Luke 15:8-10; Luke 16:1-13 and 19-31; Luke 18:9-14; and Luke 19:11-27. Pick one of these parables and discuss it. | | 6. There are many parables by Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke which use familiar concepts of money and economics in order to teach a deeper, more profound spiritual point. Examples are at Matthew 13:18-23 and 44-46; Matthew 18:21-35; Matthew 20:1-16 and 33-46; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 12:13-21; Luke 14:15-24; Luke 15:8-10; Luke 16:1-13 and 19-31; Luke 18:9-14; and Luke 19:11-27. Pick one of these parables and discuss it. |
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| | + | 7. "Caveat emptor" or "carpe diem": pick one and explain what it means to you. |
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| | Write an essay totaling about 300 words (rough approximation only) on one or more of the following topics: | | Write an essay totaling about 300 words (rough approximation only) on one or more of the following topics: |
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| − | 7. "Money is a good servant, but a poor master." Please explain.
| + | 8. "Money is a good servant, but a poor master." Please explain. |
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| − | 8. Improve on the lecture's definition of scarcity.
| + | 9. Improve on the lecture's definition of scarcity. |
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| − | 9. Imagine that you are riding on an airplane and need to finish a written project by the time it lands in order to earn a fee of $500. The passenger next to you, however, keeps interrupting you by complaining about how she lost a $5 bill in the airport before the plane took off. You keep asking her to forget about it, but she won't. What would make sense in economic terms for you to do to get her to stop bothering you about it?
| + | 10. Imagine that you are riding on an airplane and need to finish a written project by the time it lands in order to earn a fee of $500. The passenger next to you, however, keeps interrupting you by complaining about how she lost a $5 bill in the airport before the plane took off. You keep asking her to forget about it, but she won't. What would make sense in economic terms for you to do to get her to stop bothering you about it? |
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| − | 10. "There is no such thing as a free lunch!" Discuss the concept of (economic) scarcity in the context of that saying.
| + | 11. "There is no such thing as a free lunch!" Discuss the concept of (economic) scarcity in the context of that saying. |
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| − | 11. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Explain that thought in economic terms.
| + | 12. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Explain that thought in economic terms. |
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| − | 12. The account of the multiplication of the loaves by Jesus is unique in the way it is included in all four Gospels, and is even mentioned twice in Mark. Read the account, as in Matthew 14:13-21. Does that account change your view about scarcity, and whether scarcity really exists? Even if it does exists, is its significance exaggerated by a lack of [[faith]]?
| + | 13. The account of the multiplication of the loaves by Jesus is unique in the way it is included in all four Gospels, and is even mentioned twice in Mark. Read the account, as in Matthew 14:13-21. Does that account change your view about scarcity, and whether scarcity really exists? Even if it does exists, is its significance exaggerated by a lack of [[faith]]? |
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| | == References == | | == References == |