Posts Tagged ‘freedom’
#185 Perfection is Found only in Heaven
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/185-Perfection-is-Found-Only-in-Heaven.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreWe can’t make a perfect economic system. But we can make it better. God is perfect, we’re not. But that doesn’t stop people from striving for perfection. So how do we design an economic system for an imperfect world? That’s…
Read More#184 Competition is More Effective Than Regulations
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Read More#179 Artificial Intelligence is Pretty Smart
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/179-Artificial-Intelligence-is-Pretty-Smart.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreArtificial intelligence can view a photo of a person’s face and correctly identify their political leanings 61% of the time. That’s because conservatives smile and liberals don’t. If you want to be happy, choose conservatism. Artificial intelligence can view…
Read More#171 Proof that Men are Not Angels
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/171-Proof-that-Men-are-NOT-Angels.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreAn island in the middle of Copenhagen called Freetown Christiania has more rules than just about any place on earth, proving that men are NOT angels, and some form of government is necessary. “If men were angels, no government…
Read More#165 The Economics of Servant Leadership
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/165-The-Economics-of-Servant-Leadership.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreChristian servant leadership gives us our political and legal systems, universities, medical care, child adoption, and freed most of the world from slavery. And it was all done, almost for free! It’s free! Hold it, don’t you often say “There’s…
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#160 The Truth Shall Make you Free
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/160-The-Truth-Shall-Make-You-Free.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreTHE Truth, as mentioned in John 8:32, means we should seek objective agreement about economic measures. Accepting THE truth gives freedom, while multiple truths removes freedom. Lies, Damned Lies, and Economics That’s a rephrasing of the old quip attributed to…
Read More#157 Gridlock is Good
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/157-Gridlock-is-Good.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreGridlock is good, at the national level. More political and economic decisions should be made at the state and local levels. The Bible calls for even more decisions at the family and church levels. A friend asked recently about…
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
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/155-Not-the-Chinese-Century.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreChina will NOT become the world’s greatest economic power, because their economic model is not aligned with reality, as the Christian Worldview is. The 18th and 19th centuries could be considered the centuries of the United Kingdom. And, the…
Read More#127 The Christian Economics of School Shootings
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Read More#116 The Resurgence of Socialism
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Read More#99 Faith and Freedom
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/99-Faith-and-Freedom.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More#99 Faith and Freedom God gives us the freedom to choose or reject HIs offer of salvation. So we assume He wants us to be as free as possible in our economic lives. Freedom is not free Free is not…
Read More#87 Gross National Freedom
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/87-Gross-National-Freedom.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More# 87 Gross National Freedom The intersection of Christianity and Economics is freedom. Freedom is favored by both the Christian worldview and the economic thriving it produces. The intersection of Christianity & Economics is freedom. I am recording this podcast…
Read More#3 1 vs 100
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1-vs-100-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreHong Kong is #1 in the Index of Economic Freedom, and it is being challenged by #100 China. This podcast looks at this political challenge from the Christian Economic Worldview.
Read More#1 Christian View of Minimum Wage
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Christian-View-of-Minimum-Wage.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More Christians believe we should have as much freedom as possible and that work is good. Thus, we tend to believe that government should not discriminate against poor people by preventing them from working. Minimum wage causes the two evils…
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