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George Maher, Ph.D., is an actuary and classicist, and the author of Pugnare: Economic Success and Failure, which uses the Roman Empire as a parable for our times.
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When we have asked the Father for the bread that will keep us alive for one more day, he tells us to pray as follows: Cancel my debts, forgive my failure to do what I promised, my inability to do what I ought to do, just as I have canceled the debts of those who owed me money and could not pay.