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Moralists And Money: From Gold To Bitcoin
Soon after becoming Supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis wrote a preface to Poor for the Poor, a book by Cardinal Gerhard Müller, published by the Vatican. In the Pope’s words: “This is a great truth. Money is a tool that in some way — such as property – extends and enhances the capabilities of human freedom, allowing it to operate in the world, to act, to bear fruit. In itself it is a good tool; like almost all the things that man has at his disposition, it expands our opportunities.” Like many other moralists Pope Francis cautioned that the same tool can be used for evil goals. The above paragraph, although ... (full story)