On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 08:38:47PM -0800, Brad DeLong wrote:
> >We had a Mormon faculty member who used to describe the original Mormon
> >economy as something that sounded like a crude socialist economy.
> >
> >On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 10:52:47PM -0500, Nathan Newman wrote:
> >> Interesting quote on Mormon doctrine from this week's New Yorker article on
> >> them.
> >>
> >> The managing director of L.D.S. Welfare Services, the church charitable arm,
> >> discusses the churches requirement that people do various work around the
> >> church in exchange for charitable support:
> >>
> >> "You can receive according to your need, but you are expected to work
> >> according to your ability."
> >>
> > > -- Nathan Newman
> >>
>
> Yes. The parallels are spooky, up to and including the all-benevolent
> all-wise leader who could do no wrong...
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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