In conversations about difficult topics it is important to share definitions. Capitalism is a word of many meanings.
In this conversation I lay out a defense of what I consider pure Capitalism and how Christians ought to behave among themselves, and what positions they ought to advocate – if any – in public policy debates. I [...]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Gary North warns us:
If, on the Graduate Records Exam in economics, you are asked to write on essay on microeconomics and macroeconomics, you would be [...]
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Well, of course they are. I don’t believe we will ever have a minarchist judicial-based government. I don’t believe we will even end welfare. I don’t think we will get rid of the Fed, and I hope we don’t build a 700 mile fence along the border with Mexico, but that’s not part of my [...]
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Jeff attempts to cure my gold bug here, and here. Why do I persist in favoring gold (or any commodity currency) over paper money?
I just don’t trust government. I believe it is a pagan institution which serves its own ends and is vulnerable to manipulation by disproportionately advantaged or mobilized minorities to the [...]