From Rose Berger --poverty as a spiritual value

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/09/090921_heartsoul_190909.shtml

Here's a very good radio show looking at poverty from Jain, Jewish, and Ayn Randish capitalist perspective.--Rose


"The Value of Poverty as Spiritual Expression"
Heart and Soul on the BBC

At a time of global recession, politicians say we must consume more to save our economies. But religious leaders condemn greed and excess and remind us of the value of poverty.

In Heart and Soul, Ernie Rea and his guests discuss whether adopting poverty as a spiritual practice can have advantages.

Can spiritual fulfilment be found in wealth and possessions or should these be given away in pursuit of higher goals?

Lively debate with Rabbi Jackie Tabick, the first female reform rabbi in the UK, Dr Atul Shah, former editor of a magazine on Jainism, and Richard D North, author of the book ‘Rich is beautiful: a very Personal Defence of Mass Affluence’.