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Author: Elise DanielElise Daniel is a contributing writer for the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics. She is the creative director at Bellwether Communications and has previously worked with the Values & Capitalism project at A.E.I. and the Acton Institute. Her articles have been published in Real Clear Religion, The Detroit News, Relevant Magazine, and AFF Doublethink. She has a BBA in Economics from James Madison University.

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  • Theology 101

Why is economics so daunting for people to approach? In a previous post addressing this question, I discussed the problem with modern…

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  • Theology 101

Joel Salatin is a “beyond organic” farmer in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He sat down with IFWE for a…

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Meanwhile the cross comes before the crown, and tomorrow is a Monday morning. – C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory…

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On a trip to Oxford a few years ago, grabbing a bite at the Eagle and Child Pub was on…

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Navigating the workforce as a millennial today is tricky. Not only is the economy still in recovery mode, but satirical…

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Did Bad Theology Create the Welfare State?

By: Elise Daniel

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In When Helping Hurts, Dr. Brian Fikkert makes a bold claim: the current welfare state is the fault of the…

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  • Theology 101
Why the Poor Need More Than Free Markets

By: Elise Daniel

6 minute read

Economic freedom may be our world’s most powerful poverty-relief system, but it’s not enough for human flourishing. It is the…

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You may not be able to start a nonprofit, but you can bring Nutella to someone (Dr. Anthony Bradley). You…

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Christian hipsters and capitalism don’t mix, or at least that’s what Brett McCracken argued in his 2010 book Hipster Christianity….

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As we discussed last week, the U.S. dropped from the second most economically free country in the world in 2000 to the…

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