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This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/.  “Love doubles every time you give it.” “What is not given is lost.” “Money doesn’t buy happiness unless given to others.” These are the guidelines for a strong economy. That, according to French biochemist turned Buddhist […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. I wanted to learn about the current state of the European continent while spending time on it, and I couldn’t miss a session staring the right-wing’s favorite boogeyman, George Soros. But only one line from the […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Can Religion Help Solve Global Problems?” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. In my first post leading up to the Global Economic Symposium, I discussed religious institutions and their potential to serve as gathering places around common […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Can Religion Help Solve Global Problems?” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. “How much suffering, how much devastation, how much pain has the use of arms carried in its wake,” tweeted Pope Francis in response to proposed […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Can Religion Help Solve Global Problems?” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. In lower Manhattan, a small blue plaque hanging on a wrought iron fence describes the building behind the gate. The building is St. Paul’s Chapel, built […]