|
|
RIBA
Conventional |
Faith-Based
LARIBA |
1 |
Dominant
Attractor |
Money |
Life
As Prescribed by God In
All Abrahamic Faiths |
2 |
Defining
Purpose |
Use
Money to Make Money for Those Who Have Money |
Employ
Available Resources to Meet the Basic Needs of Everyone without
Extravagance |
3 |
Firm
Size |
Very
Large, e.g. Mega Banks |
Small
and Medium-Size |
4 |
Costs |
Externalized
to the Public |
Internalized
by the User |
5 |
Ownership |
Impersonal,
Absentee |
Personal,
Rooted |
6 |
Financial
Capital |
Global
with No Borders |
Local/National
with Clear Community Reinvestment Borders |
7 |
Purpose
of Investment |
Maximize
Private Profit & Wealth |
Increase
Beneficial Output to the Community |
8 |
The
Role of Profit |
An
End to be Maximized |
An
Incentive to Invest Productively in the Community |
9 |
Coordinating
Mechanisms |
Centrally
Planned by Mega-Corporations |
Self-Organizing
Markets and Networks of Communities Around Synagogues, Churches
and Masjids. |
10 |
Cooperation |
Among
Competitors to Escape the Discipline of Competition. |
Among
People and Communities to Advance the Common Good for All. |
11 |
Purpose
of Competition |
Eliminate
the Unfit and Capture Markets |
Stimulate
Efficiency and Innovation |
12 |
Government
Role |
Protect
the Interests of Property |
Advance
the Human Interest as Revealed in All God’s Messages |
13 |
Trade |
Free,
But For The Benefit of Mega Corporations. |
Free,
But Fair and Balanced |
14 |
Political
Orientation |
Elitist,
Democracy of Money (Dollars) |
Populist,
Democracy of Persons |