--- title: Kabbalah and Economics | daily.dev description: A philosophical essay drawing parallels between Kabbalistic concepts and economic systems. The author maps the Kabbalistic framework of 'desire to receive' vs... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kabbalah-and-economics-jy3tvkwwe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kabbalah and Economics | daily.dev og:description: A philosophical essay drawing parallels between Kabbalistic concepts and economic systems. The author maps the Kabbalistic framework of 'desire to receive' vs... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kabbalah-and-economics-jy3tvkwwe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JY3tVKWwE.png og:image:alt: Kabbalah and Economics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Kabbalah and Economics **[Planet Haskell](https://daily.dev/sources/phaskell)** · [@snoyberg](https://daily.dev/snoyberg) · 10 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A philosophical essay drawing parallels between Kabbalistic concepts and economic systems. The author maps the Kabbalistic framework of 'desire to receive' vs 'desire to give' onto economic ideologies: violence as pure self-interest, free markets as 'giving to receive' (acting generously to gain reward), and socialism as a misguided attempt to force selflessness that reverts to coercion. The author argues socialism has the right goal but wrong method, and that genuine selflessness must be cultivated at the individual level before large-scale giving-based systems are possible. The post closes with a comparison between the Kabbalistic concept of the 'masach' (screen/deferral) and low time preference in economics, with a nod toward hard money systems like Bitcoin as potentially aligned with this principle. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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