Category Archives: Macro

Consumerism vs. Capitalism vs. “Capitalism”

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 [...]

Macro vs. Micro defined:

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 [...]

Are My Ideas Just Utopian Dreams?

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 [...]

On Inflation and Gold

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 [...]