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November 6, 2009: City Creek Center
City planner Stephen Goldsmith says this private development project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints creates a "we-they" divide. Jason Mathis of Salt Lake City's Downtown Alliance says the church is creating "a community that is going to last for the next hundred years."
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June 19, 2009: Churches in Financial Distress
"Foreclosure is a possibility and something we are concerned about," says Rev. Jane Galloway of Long Beach, California. "If we are unable to make our mortgage payment on time, the default process can be filed and a foreclosure proceeding could begin."
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May 22, 2009: Communities in Prison
Today there are two million inmates in US prisons and jails, and according to social policy analyst Eric Cadora our overdependence on criminal justice is threatening our cities, communities, and neighborhoods.
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April 17, 2009: Church Aid in Elkhart
"It's in the people around us who are the most vulnerable where we are going to see the face of God," says Nelson Kraybill, president of Elkhart's Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.
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April 10, 2009: Islamic Financing
Shariah compliant financing includes home mortgages and other financial tools, such as Islamic mutual funds that have done well because they tended not to invest in now-collapsing financial institutions.
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March 27, 2009: Food Banks and the Recession
"We're feeding people now who are employed full time and can't make ends meet … There's been an outpouring of generosity from people saying I want to make sure my neighbors don't starve."
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March 20, 2009: Corporate Morality
David Miller had a career in corporate finance. Now he teaches business ethics at Princeton University. What does he say about the moral issues raised by the AIG bonuses, the financial crisis, and the way we reward the very wealthy?
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March 20, 2009: Jewish Reaction to Madoff Scandal
"The Talmud tells us when we go up to heaven and give an accounting of ourselves the very first question the Almighty asks us is whether we conducted our business affairs with integrity and honesty."
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February 10, 2009: William Galston on Markets and Morality
Watch Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston talk about the vices and virtues of market societies and what Jewish tradition has to say about the economy and our human inclinations.
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February 10, 2009: William McGurn on Markets and Morality
Watch William McGurn, a vice president at News Corporation, talk about Wall Street, wealth, Catholic teaching, and the market economy.
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