Jesus Christ, businessman

[Click here to view this message in your web-browser]. Edition: US 17 December 2016 [[The Conversation]Academic rigor, journalistic flair] Editor's note Few countries have portrayed business success through a prism of religious piety quite like the United States. It started in the 19th century with men like John Humphrey Noyes. Noyes founded a utopian religious community in upstate New York that produced silverware, and he and his son –- along with many other American business owners – used their earnings to help share the wealth. 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