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It’s the Little Things: How Committing to Smallness can Renew America’s Social Fabric

| July 2, 2020 | Summer Honors Program

It’s the Little Things: How Committing to Smallness can Renew America’s Social Fabric
Mary Kathryn Daigle was born and raised in a historic, inner-city neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Living among old buildings that housed modern problems made her interested in the study of history and political science and she currently studies these...
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Where Did Our Trust Go?

| April 7, 2020 | Blog Contributor

Where Did Our Trust Go?
In my previous blog post, I made the argument that a free market system relies on relationships of trust in order to coordinate the abilities of producers to serve the real needs and wants of consumers. However, there is a non-trivial sense in the American public...
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Camryn Zeller
Camryn Zeller was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior at Hope College where she studies economics, political science, and math.

A Church for the “Nones”

| March 9, 2020 | Blog Contributor

A Church for the “Nones”
The decline of church attendance among millennials is a framing issue of the modern world, reflective of the changing structure for our society. To understand the drop in church affiliation among millennials, which is viewed as a symptom of the increasing...
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Clara Keuss
Clara Keuss was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a Sophomore at Pepperdine University where she studies international studies with a concentration in the Middle East and North Africa.

Problems Recruiting a Reverend? An Economic Perspective on the Market for American Clergy

| January 7, 2020 | Young Scholars

Problems Recruiting a Reverend? An Economic Perspective on the Market for American Clergy
Grant Seiter was a 2018-2019 Young Scholar Awards Program recipient. He is currently a senior at Baylor University, majoring in economics and finance. An increasing number of American pastors such as Ed Young, Rick Warren, and Joel Osteen have amassed sizeable incomes...
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Grant Seiter
Grant Seiter was a 2018-2019 Young Scholar for the Initiative on Faith and Public Life and is a senior at Baylor University majoring in economics and finance.