<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/what-we-get-wrong-about-the-economy.html" dsn="news"><teaser-title>What We Get Wrong About the Economy</teaser-title><teaser-description>Drawing on theology, legal history and contemporary debates over profit and power, Faithful Exchange: The Economy as It’s Meant to Be calls for recentering human dignity in how we think about markets.</teaser-description><featured-video/><pubDate>01/22/2026</pubDate><title>What We Get Wrong About the Economy</title><description>In Faithful Exchange: The Economy as It’s Meant to Be, Professor David Opderbeck argues that the economy is not an impersonal system but “a story shaped by human choices,” rooted in law, technology and moral responsibility. Drawing on theology, legal history and contemporary debates over profit and power, the book calls for recentering human dignity in how we think about markets and growth.</description><author>By Sabina Lee</author><author-title/><image><img src="/images/professor-david-opderbeck-320x180.jpg" alt="Man in suit seated"/></image><category>Research and Insight</category><department>Faculty</department><relationships>Faculty</relationships><shortnames>opderbda</shortnames><tags><tag>economics</tag><tag>ethicalleadership</tag><tag>faith</tag><tag>ruleoflaw</tag><tag>setonhalllaw</tag><tag>socialjustice</tag><tag>technology</tag></tags></item>