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Faith v Mammon. Betting on the next Pope

In Uncategorized on May 6, 2025 by kmflett

I’m not religious and simply think that religious faith should be a private matter. As Alastair Campbell said of New Labour ‘we don’t do God’- Blair later forgot about that

However this post is about how in a market society (as opposed to economy) anything and everything comes down to money.

The Papal Conclave opens on 7th May and the Economist has published betting on the key contenders (none of whom has a beard btw). It notes that millions have already been bet. I take it that the Conclave will focus exclusively on matters spiritual

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