Perspectives is a series of essays on faith issues that face Christians today and is designed to foster personal reflection and group discussion. Christians work for the globalization of the gospel, but should we also work for the globalization of economies? In this essay, economist and Christian Brian Peterson wrestles with whether economic globalization is a rising tide that will lift the world's poor out of poverty or a crushing wave that will destroy them. His struggle between concern for economic efficiency and Christian compassion frames a set of tough questions for the church and Christians everywhere.
