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Getting beyond greed
A version of this article was published in The Christian Science Monitor’s Christian Science Perspective column, May 16, 2019.
One of my brothers tells of seeing how our father, a farmer with six children, treated a man from whom he was buying a farm implement. After the dealer proposed a price, our father double-checked with him whether that would really be a fair price—for the dealer.
In finance, “opportunity cost” refers to the loss of potential gain when a different alternative is chosen. So, for example, if you choose not to invest your money, the investment income that you forgo as a result of that choice constitutes your opportunity cost.

September 2, 2019 issue
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From the readers
Shelagh Reddy, Claire Fisher, Chris Johnson
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Efforts, appreciation, and healing for all
Barbara Vining
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The Love that answers caregivers’ cries for help
Susan Booth Mack Snipes
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What maintains us?
Elaina Simpson
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Honorable service that glorifies God
Matthew Schmidt
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Getting beyond greed
Lyle Young
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Press the reset button
Virginia Young
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Lost something? Don’t look. Listen.
Rick Lipsey
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Protected and guided during and after carjacking
Daniel Heale
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Freed from pain
Charlene Anne Miller
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No effects from a fall
Valerie Minard
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'The tide of time shall never ...'
Photograph by Peter Anderson