Economic Fallacies: "Biblical Redistribution"
economics, history, religion,
Nov 15, 2007
The Biblical Redistribution fallacy identifies wealth equalization as the primary economic concern of the Bible, the Jubilee Code of Leviticus 25 being the most exemplary passage.
Public policies ranging from tax rates to debt cancellation for developing nations are advocated based on this perspective. These policies may be worthy and appropriate but that is distinct from whether the Bible teaches legislated redistribution of wealth. Let’s start with the Jubilee Code.