Today the massive too-big-to-fail banks are hardly doing George Bailey-style loans at all. They are not interested in community lending. They are doing their own proprietary trading—trading for their own accounts—which generally means speculating against local interests. read more
Because rich people have more financial resources, they’re less dependent on social bonds for survival and, as a result, their self-interest reigns and they have fewer qualms about breaking the rules. read more
The upside to all this is that, as Lao-Tzu so pithily put it, the darkest moment is just before the dawn. Britain woke up to an army of residents with brooms and floor cloths to clean up the streets rekindling memories of that wartime spirit which meant we were never conquered. The dawn of a new age is coming where giving will be the new greed. read more
Man swoons at the very mention of the word grace; one can only imagine what his predicament would be if he came face to face with grace as he imagines it to be. He waits for grace to be bestowed on him. Man believes God’s grace is very essential and is deemed the mother of all gifts. read more
This is a story of two families. One family worked hard and used team-work. They were like the fingers of a fist that can't be broken apart. The other didn't like to work hard and argued with each other. They were like a hand where the fingers don't agree to do the same thing. See what treasures and rewards there is for those who work together!