While neither validating nor disputing that God is responsible for the extra prosperity experienced by religious people, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber has found a “statistical correlation.”
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George Lucas has graciously donated $1 million to towards the building of the MLK Memorial in Washington, DC on the National Mall.
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Religion, it seems, pays. But why?
Identifying communities of frequent churchgoers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Jonathan Gruber found higher incomes and education levels and less welfare participation, along with more marriages and fewer divorces than in the general population.
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Nine states and the District of Columbia are doing away with the sales tax on items such as clothes, shoes and even notebooks over the next few weeks, just in time for back-to-school shopping.
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Some savings measures show households are flush, but consumers are spending every dime they make.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – The savings of U.S. consumers are:
a) at the lowest rate since the Depression.
b) at peaks not seen even during the stock market boom of the late 1990s.
c) all of the above.
If you’re wondering how “all of [...]
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70 percent surveyed said U.S. doing enough for tsunami victims
(CNN)—Almost three-quarters of Americans surveyed in a poll released Thursday have prayed for victims of the southern Asia tsunamis, but when it comes to cash donations, only 45 percent have pulled out their wallets.
The CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll of 1,005 adults found that another 6 percent of [...]
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Need sound financial guidance? Try the Bible.
The back of a dollar bill reads “In God we trust,” and Lake Zurich resident Joe Dunsey’s mission is to help people do that when money is involved.
After wading through his own financial problems, Dunsey decided to teach others to avoid his mistakes. He quit his job and [...]
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Source: Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX
Peterson’s approach is different because he bases much of his advice on the teachings of the Bible.
“There are at least 800 references on how to deal with money in the Bible,” he said.
Peterson occasionally pulls out the Bible and quotes Scripture such as I Timothy 5:8, which says: [...]
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