Freedom
#172 When the Government Owns it All
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/172-When-the-Government-Owns-it-All.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreGovernment ownership produces monopolies that harm consumers. This podcast looks at the threats of monopolies in health care, education, and religion. In the United States, we’ve been blessed with freedom of choice, which has produced a two-part system: What…
Read More#171 Proof that Men are Not Angels
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Read More#164 The Redistribution Scheme
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Read More#163 Who Owns Education?
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/163-Who-Owns-Education.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreThe Christian worldview calls for a market in education that provides students with a passport to freedom. “Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.” I noticed that quote from Oprah Winfrey on the wall…
Read More#162 Voting for Socialism
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/162-Voting-for-Socialism.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreFox business anchor Charles Payne famously said, “You can only vote for Socialism once.” Another common quip is “You can vote your way in, but you’ll have to shoot your way out.” Well, 86 US Congressional Representatives just voted for…
Read More#161 Social Security and Work
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Read More#160 The Truth Shall Make you Free
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Read More#157 Gridlock is Good
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Read More#156 Digital Marxism
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/156-Digital-Marxism.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreKarl Marx said that workers should own the means of production. In the digital economy, they do: a computer and a smartphone. Karl Marx called for workers to have ownership of the means of production. When he wrote The Communist…
Read More#155 Not the Chinese Century
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Read More#84 Big Tech as Big Brother
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/84-Big-Tech-as-Big-Brother.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreChristian Economists don’t want a Big Brother, because we have a Good Father. The Free Market Forum is a conference supported by Hillsdale College in Michigan. I have attended a few times and always learned something valuable about the interaction…
Read More#15 Healthcare is Not a Moral Right
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Read More#10 Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Earn-all-you-can-save-all-you-can-give-all-you-can.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreJohn Wesley’s famous quote is analyzed based on the Federal Reserve Bank’s low interest rates.
Read More#1 Christian View of Minimum Wage
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