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But in an “Everyday Economics” article published in 2004, and reprinted below, Steven E. Landsburg argued that Ebenezer Scrooge, contrary to belief, is as generous as any philanthropist.

Everything you thought you knew about Ebenezer Scrooge is … wrong?? Apparently, the Muppets lied to us. Now, a new Santa Cruz Shakespeare production of the Dickens classic tells the tale.

Anyone who has seen “A Christmas Carol” is aware that Ebenezer Scrooge will go pretty far to pinch a penny — but who knew the old miser’s monetary fixations would take him a… ...

Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Donahue, left) imparts some of his miserly wisdom to his benevolent clerk Bob Cratchit (Anthony Irons) in the Goodman Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol.” ...

Ebenezer Scrooge is one of Charles Dickens’s most memorable characters—an embodiment of greed and pursuing wealth at the expense of everything else. Scrooge is visited by three spirits who ...

OPINION The Ebenezer Scrooge nobody knows Dickens’s famous character has become a synonym for a caustic miser. But his transformation is one of the most uplifting in English literature.

The future ghost shows Scrooge what will become of his life if he doesn’t change. He’s eventually led to a cemetery where the ghost brushes snow from a gravestone that reveals his name.

And look, it’s not just me — Scrooge’s glow up is entirely intentional. “What I wanted to do was to make Ebenezer Scrooge someone who, if it weren’t for what he is and how he behaves ...

Scott Moore has been playing Ebenezer Scrooge at the Jesters Dinner Theatre for more than 35 years, appearing in every showing of the Longmont theater’s take on “A Christmas Carol” since 1987.

Ebenezer Scrooge lowered interest rates. Scrooge McDuck lowered prices. Each Scrooge enriched his neighbors as much as any Lord Mayor who invited the town in for a Christmas meal.