Posts Tagged ‘policy’
#193 Who is Getting Shanghaied in Trade?
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/193-Who-Is-Getting-Shanghaied-in-Trade.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreTrade with China makes Americans richer, but China is likely using the profits from their exports to build a military that the US will fight someday. In the 19th century, if a sailor got too drunk in a port city,…
Read More#191 When Expenses Exceed Revenues
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/191-When-Expenses-Exceed-Revenues.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreThe US Federal Government’s annual expenses are $1.9 trillion more than its revenues. That’s a violation of the eighth commandment, and it is economically unsustainable. You will be poorer every day, for the rest of your life, because the…
Read More#188 More Equal than you Think
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/188-More-Equal-Than-You-Think.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreAmerican incomes are 3% more equal today than in 1947. That was the key data point from former Senator Phil Gramm’s recent speech about his new book, titled The Myth of American Inequality. Don’t Covet Just about every discussion that…
Read More#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#176 The Definition of Poverty
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/176-The-Definition-of-Poverty.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More The Biden administration is considering changing the definition of poverty to be a relative term related to the lower end of the income spectrum. That would guarantee that “The poor will always be with you.” This is perhaps the most…
Read More#175 The Economic Effects of Illegal Immigration
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/175-The-Econonmic-Effects-of-Illegal-Immigration.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreMost of the six million illegal immigrants who have crossed the US southern border in the last two years are claiming political asylum. They are being allowed to enter because of election politics. The real reason is economics. The largest…
Read More#169 How Green Policies Impoverish the Poor
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/169-How-Green-Policies-Impoverish-the-Poor.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreChristians are called to care for the poor, but there are 5 “Green Policies” that are making them poorer. “I don’t think we can count on people living an impoverished lifestyle as a solution to climate change,” Bill Gates said…
Read More#168 How Fiscal Policy Harms the Poor
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/168-How-Fiscal-Policy-Harms-the-Poor.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreI Timothy 5:18, states, “The worker deserves his wages.” Five fiscal policies harm the poor by denying fair wages: Inflation, minimum wage, unemployment benefits, favoring unions, and licensing requirements. I’m from the government, and I’m here to help. That sarcastic…
Read More#21 Economic Humanism
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Economic-Humanism.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreChristians should support less active Monetary and Fiscal policy. Economic Humanism is worth a look.
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