Thinking Christian

Leaders in every sector can get away with all kinds of improprieties, but when they start messing with people’s money, then there’s trouble. Ethics matter. Ethical failures have contributed significantly to our current economic struggles. More evidence: a loss of trust.

The Wall Street insider trading investigation may lead everyday investors — already rattled by a stock market meltdown, a one-day “flash crash” and the Madoff scandal — to finally conclude that the game is rigged.

“A large part of trading has to do with trust, and I don’t have it,” says Mark Swenson, a 43-year-old plumber from New Hampshire who refuses to buy individual stocks.

[From Probe leads investors to wonder: Is game rigged? - FoxNews.com]

The Colson Center for Christian Worldview and the Witherspoon Institute are teaming up to produce a new documentary on ethics in Western culture. Watch for it!

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