Big Bad Machines
My wife owns a handmade apparel business, and because of her success, she is frequently contacted by companies looking for publicity.Recently, she received a request from the IOU Project, an organization attempting to prop up handmade artisans in India through...
A Dominion Directive (Part 1)
As per my last post on “imago Dei,” I want to delve deeper into Genesis 1:26-28:Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all...
A Christian Budget?
I was recently asked by the good people at Relevant to contribute to dueling op-eds on budget reform. The counter-point came from Ambassador Tony Hall. If I had known he had been three times nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, I probably would've balked at...
It Takes a Market
In her now-famous book, Hillary Clinton popularized the old African proverb stating that “it takes a village to raise a child” — a refrain humorist P.J. O’Rourke suspects to have originated in the “ancient African kingdom of Hallmarkcardia.”Clinton’s main...
Creation and Imago Dei
As I (hopefully) made clear last time, I wish to begin a multi-part series of blog-posts here at Two Cents that will (hopefully) make clear where in Scripture and Christian tradition a free market evangelical like myself derives his socio-economic worldview...
A Jetsons or Wall-E Future
Jeffrey Tucker recently wrote an engaging piece on innovation centering on that most quaint of cultural staples, The Jetsons (“Pushing Buttons Like the Jetsons”). In the piece, Tucker aims to illuminate the benefits (and limits) of innovation, but...
All Roads Lead to Rome
I am frequently asked something to the effect of the following: “R.J – you say that your socio-economic convictions, which are decidedly pro-free market in nature, are primarily informed by your Christian worldview. How did you arrive at these conclusions? ...
Limits of Earth-Bound Altruism
The Gospels are clear about the centrality of sacrifice in the Christian pursuit. In situation after situation, Jesus urged his followers to wash people’s feet, give to the poor, and lay down their lives for their friends. But although sacrifice is indeed a central...
A Head for the Poor
There are two primary socio-economic issues currently dividing Christians (especially those under the age of 30): the environment and social justice. The theological concept of stewardship lies at the heart of this intellectual and ideological divide. The...
