Don’t Give Up on Giving: How a Theology of Creation Informs Resilient Poverty Solutions
A relational view of human beings holds the promise of more culturally transferable development, always focused on the nature of God and man rather than their fiscal capabilities.
Lost in Translation: Pope Francis’ Message on the Economy
Pope Francis’ address to Congress this Thursday will be the first ever by a pope, and many Americans are anxious over what he might say about the global economy. Some expect he will give a rousing indictment of free-market capitalism as the culprit in global poverty, environmental degradation, and human suffering.
Robots Won’t Take Your Jobs, But Government Will
While technology disrupts the labor market, and ends up benefitting both workers and consumers, government attempts to pick winners, and ends up making us all losers.
‘The Office’ and the Value of Work
When a job is not particularly exciting, it is so easy to miss the merit in the mundane. But there is merit. That seemingly mundane work Jim did for all of those years created a network and the opportunity for him to pursue work he was passionate about.
The Grapes of Government Wrath: How the New Deal Deferred the Fruits of Our Labor
As we get ready to celebrate Labor Day, I wonder if our labor and property are truly protected by our Constitution. This summer Marvin Horne, a raisin farmer, challenged the U.S. government for taking away his full rights to grow, harvest, and sell all of his raisins.
Authoritarian Capitalism: Here to Stay?
As Friedman writes, “there is an intimate connection between economics and politics…. [O]nly certain combinations of political and economic arrangements are possible….” My hypothesis is that freedom begets freedom, and bondage begets bondage. As socialism leads to authoritarianism, capitalism leads to democracy.
When It Comes to Entrepreneurship, Culture Matters
Put simply, culture is entrepreneurialism’s soil. No amount of seed or fertilizer can make sandy soil flourish. Rich earth yields a rich harvest.
Who Will Protect Us From the Environmental Pollution Agency?
The EPA does fulfill vital functions, but it needs to be held accountable for this spill and for excessive regulations. Free people acting in a free market will find more effective ways to steward the environment than an unaccountable government agency.
Let Them Eat Capitalism
To argue for capitalism isn’t to excuse its costs, but to show what it affords. “Advances in social justice were enabled by rising prosperity,” maintains Crook, “and rising prosperity was the product of capitalist development.”