Posts Tagged ‘government’
#180 We are God’s Creative Creatures
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/180-We-Are-Gods-Creative-Creatures.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreAs long as the fallen nature produces unlimited wants, and the creative nature has unlimited creativity, there will be unlimited employment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics published a report last year, projecting huge losses in three occupational groups: Administrative…
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#178 Economic Freedom Must be Defended
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/178-Economic-Freedom-Must-Be-Defended.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreJust like national freedom, economic freedom must be defended. When we stop defending it, we are on the Road to Serfdom. Ginger and I attended a family wedding recently where many of the attendees were members of the military. I…
Read More#174 Never Let a Crisis go to Waste
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/174-Never-Let-a-Crisis-Go-to-Waste.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreChristians should not be fooled by the Machiavellian technique of using a crisis to gain political or economic power. The title of today’s podcast comes from Niccolò Machiavelli, known as one of the most devious of leaders. Early in…
Read More#173 Simple Rules for a Complex World
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/173-Simple-Rules-for-a-Complex-World.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreGod gave Moses only ten rules. But now, we are drowning in a complex maze of political and economic regulations that cede power to the government. God gave Moses only ten rules. That’s a great example of using simple rules…
Read More#170 Tax Policy and The Poor
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/170-Tax-Policy-and-the-Poor.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreSix tax policies make the poor poorer. At many levels, governments promote barriers to progress for the poor, whom we Christians care about. Writing in the WSJ this week, Andy Kessler opined, “There are only four things you can…
Read More#164 The Redistribution Scheme
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/164-The-Redistribution-Scheme.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreMost fiscal policy has become a redistribution scheme because the benefit actually accrues not to the government, but to those on whom the revenue is spent. That’s not Biblical. When writing about taxes, Gregory Mankiw writes, “The benefit actually accrues…
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#136 Global Warming is Good
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/136-Global-Warming-is-Good.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More#136 Global Warming is Good The Christian Economist looks at “The other hand” of global warming, and finds some good effects. The Inflation reduction plan signed by President Biden recently will reduce inflation by…..wait for it….are you ready? I’m…
Read More#117 Economic Sanctions
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/117-Economic-Sanctions.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More#117 Economic Sanctions Economic sanctions can be used for good, as they are against Russia, or Ill, as they were against Canadian truckers. Christian Worldview I’m beginning today’s podcast by citing three books that made the same prediction. …
Read More#7 Competition and the Fallen Nature
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Competition-and-the-Fallen-Nature.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreFallen people need regulation, but which should Christians favor: Competition or Government Regulation? The government regulators are fallen, so who’s going to regulate the regulators? The fallen nature is more effectively controlled, and poor consumers get better quality products at…
Read More#4 The Commanding Heights
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Commanding-Heights-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More“The Commanding Heights” by Yergin and Stanislav is a book and three-part video that takes us through The Battle of Ideas: Government vs Markets throughout the 20th century. This podcast takes a Christian Worldview look at this fascinating portrayal of…
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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