What’s the best way to hurt the local agriculture market in a country full of starving people? Indiscriminantly give away tons of free food. Relief organizations have learned the hard way that if they want to create a self-sustaining market of locally grown produce, they can’t always bring in truckloads of rice from other countries.
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Month: October 2013
Stark Myth Busting
Rodney Stark loves being a contrarian. And The Triumph of Christianity is no exception to that rule. While the book summarizes much of what he’s written elsewhere, it’s still a fun, breezy exercise in myth busting. Here are a few spots where Stark’s juices get flowing:
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