THEO-001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jesus Seminar, Foolishness For Christ

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28 May 2022

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Has a certain affinity with some certain aspects of the teachings of jesus himself in the gospel. Wisdom according to the world vs according to the spirit of god. When perceived from the point of view of the world. Whoever assumes to have the academic or scholarly wisdom they are foolish, Preaching the gospel through his behavior is disruptive to conventional comfort. Remind people of the spirit of god in the midst of the city life. So humbleness is the centrality of foolishness for christ. Vocation (not smth that is believed to be improvised. Inner holy, it is not a path for everybody and it requires a very particular makeup. Humility and social death - represents sacrifice, renounce namodity and u become a nobody who can become an object of abuse, mockery, physical violence etc. not easy very sacrifical.

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According to the World Bank the absolute poverty threshold in 1985 PPP$1 per day. One measure of poverty is called "poverty head count": number of people whose income is below the poverty threshold. Suppose that in certain countries a survey encounters a family of 4 members with an annual income of 1985 PPP$1600. In civil servent in charge usually assumes that income is distributed equally. According to this civil servant,

a) What is the income of each person in this family?

b) What is the "poverty head count" for this family?

In reality, in this country the man of the house usually have access to half of the resources while the wife and children share the other half, and this is the case for this particular family. Thus, in reality,

a) What is the income of each person in this family?

b) What is the "poverty head count" for this family?

According to Florida (p. 26) âAlthough certain environments promote creativity, others most certainly kill it. Adam Smith noted this as early as 1776, in The Wealth of Nations. In his famous description of the pin factory, Smith praised the division of labor, a concept that allowed pins to be made efficiently by splitting the process into eighteen distinct steps, with each worker or group of workers typically doing only one step. âThe man whose whole life is spent performing a few simple operations,â he also noted, âhas no occasion to exert his understanding or to exercise his invention,â adding: âHe naturally loses, therefore, the habit of such exertion, and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become. The torpor of his mind renders him, not only incapable of relishing or bearing a part in any rational conversation, but of conceiving any generous, noble, or tender sentiments.

This suggests that one of the great engines of industrial advancementâthe division of laborâis completely at odds with an economy based on creativity. Is such a far-reaching conclusion valid? Explain.

Are we heading for another financial crisis?

The article I found reviews the tough break that the securities trading market has been experiencing since the beginning of 2016. With the crash of the Chinese market and a weak manufacturing report, global equity markets are falling across the world as uncertainty about the Chinese market continues to grow. The top three largest stock markets in the world have experienced a decline since the beginning of the year with the NYSE seeing a drop of 4.7 percent, the Nasdaq down by 6 percent, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange down by 2.3 percent. According to some investors, behaviors of the current market are similar to 2008 setting the stage for another financial crisis. Also contributing to the steep market decline is the deteriorating relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which is impacting crude oil. As a result of the market uproar, many investors are seeking out "safe" assets such as gold and T-bonds (Gensler, 2016).

As David mentioned in class last week, many investors will panic and sell, sell, sell. In most scenarios it is not in an investor's best interest to sell securities immediately. Instead, hold your position and buy additional securities with cash balances at the low end of the market. Furthermore, having a diversified portfolio and not having all funds concentrated in one type of investment tool (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, currency, commodities, etc.) will allow an investor to mitigate risks associated with a troubled market.

Gensler, L. (2016, January 7). Stocks Slammed: 2016 Sell-Off Accelerated On China Fears. Retrieved from Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/01/07/stocks-slammed-as-china-worries-intensify/

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