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I have written this book for common, ordinary people—actually the majority of people, not the rich and powerful people who constitute a very small minority of the people. The natural rights of the common people as partners in the economies to which they belong and co-own have been ignored and denied. Because of this, they have been exploited and cheated out of their fair share of the benefits of these economies. The production and the consumption by the common people are the driving forces of the economy, yet their share of the benefits from the economy is disproportionate to their contribution. That is unjust and needs to change.

This book is for the unemployed, the underemployed, those making minimum wage, those living in poverty, those who are having or have had their homes repossessed, those who are slaves to payday loans or title loans, students who have invested in a college education and have not found work that corresponds to their skills, women who do the same work as men but get paid less, those living from paycheck to paycheck, those who cannot afford to get needed medical care, and the tens of millions of people who have lost hope of ever achieving the American dream.

While the majority of people in the United States are Christian, there is virtually a total absence of Christian moral principles within the economic system. In fact, the US economy is currently driven by economic theories which hold that economic actions are and should be amoral as expressed in the statement ‘it is neither right nor wrong, it is just business’. All Christian morality is based on the commandment ‘love your neighbor as yourself’. This is certainly not applied to the unemployed, the underemployed, those making minimum wage, those living in poverty, those who are having or have had their homes repossessed, those who are slaves to payday loans or title loans, those who have been cheated through rent-to-own, lease-option or lease-purchase contracts and countless others suffering financially.

It is my sincere hope and prayer that someday Christians will act like Christians in their business, economic and political lives and that through their actions help to eliminate the economic and political injustices prevalent in the United States and throughout the world. May Christians be inspired by this book to truly be that light to the world and help society to put people before profits!