@Plough Few take up the Christian critique of wealth with such clarity and persistence. In a religious landscape that too often averts its gaze from an entanglement too close to home and too costly to name, your witness cuts through. Thank you. And for the record, realpolitik...
@RDGStout Seems scarcely any Christian since Jesus has matched the political acumen of St. John Chrysostom—his perception as piercing as his critique unflinching. That said, greed enthroned against covenantal balance is a planetary, transcultural verdict: Empire's idol, the world's curse.
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Copy of tweet here: “The vast majority of wealthy people don’t give very much to charity at all,” Ms Dovey told the Financial Times. “Imagine someone setting up a direct debit to charity in their 20s: you will probably find when they are 50 and a multi-millionaire they still have the same direct debit.” The pair has calculated that the median level of giving among so-called high net worth individuals — those with £1m-£10m in investable assets — is just £500 a year. Among the ultra wealthy — those with more than £10m — it is just £240.