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This Is the  Story of ‘Homo Economicus’

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For 17 years, Jim Huthmaker worked as a smokejumper for the U.S. government, parachuting into forests to douse fires around the Pacific Northwest. He spent years pursuing the thrill of a career that catered to his skillset and whet his appetite for adventure.
It was his best life.
Then, in the middle of his exhilarating career, he “woke up.”

Kara Bettis
Some leading economists are calling Christians to remember whose image they are supposed to bear. For 17 years, Jim Huthmaker worked as a smokejumper for the U.S. government, parachuting into forests to douse fires around the Pacific Northwest. He spent years pursuing the thrill of a career that catered to his skillset and whet his appetite for adventure. It was his best life. Then, in th

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“The bottom line is that there are a whole lot of people of who are crushed by the dysfunctions of our systems. If what we want is a more just society, that requires us to listen to what Scripture has to say to us in relation to economic justice.”

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