The Price of Redemption: Why are most Catholics so Bad at Making Money?

Our reading explores the medieval church's stance on usury in Jacques Le Goff's book "Your Money or Your Life: Economy and Religion in the Middle Ages". Le Goff examines why the Catholic Church viewed money lending as a sin, reflecting broader societal values. He examines the moral and ethical implications of usury, emphasizing the church's role in shaping economic practices and the concept of redemption.

Please read in advance Chapter V ("Your Money and your Eternal Life: Purgatory") from this book. Participants who don't do the reading go straight to Inferno.

Other meetups:

• The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future — Thursday August 1

• David Graeber asks: Do you have a Bullshit Job? — Wednesday August 7

• Ted Kaczynski against Wokeism — Thursday August 8

• The Unabomber Manifesto: Why The Industrial Revolution was a Disaster for the Human Race — Thursday July 25