Greek Debt and our Relationship with Money

Each day Greece appears to be on the edge of bankruptcies. Our relationship is money is long and complex.

This post briefly looks at the Greek Debt Crisis before exploring our relationship with money both from secular and Christian perspective.

Greek Crisis explained with infographics Who Loaned Greece the Money? and   Will the Last Domino Stand? Whilst Bloomberg explains how it happened in a video.

Looking at a broader discussion on Money

• In 2014 Professor Niall Ferguson discussed in detail The Descent of Money
• In 2010 RSA Animate did a short animation titled Crises of Capitalism. Watching today, very little appears to have changed.
• Money As Debt – Full Length Documentary
• BBC Moral Maze Team this week (1^st July 2015) discussed The Morality of Debt

And last but not least a quick look at some Christian Perspective’s on Money

• BBC In our Time discusses Money beginning from a Biblical Standpoint.
• Parable of the Prodigal Son from the film Jesus of Nazareth
• St Paul’s London has a series of lectures on money. In particular God and the Moneylenders: The Theology of Money and What is Money?…and Why Does it Matter?
• Usury In Christian History is discussed (in words) on the website Your Faith Your Finance