Posts Tagged ‘power’
#184 Competition is More Effective Than Regulations
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/184-Competition-is-More-Effective-than-Regulation.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreChristians are called to take care of widows and orphans, because in the agrarian economy of Biblical times, those were the people who didn’t own land, so they were not capable of economically providing for themselves. In the 21st century,…
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#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
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#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#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#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#149 Growing or Dying
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/149-Growing-or-Dying.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreNegative growth via socialism is being forced to live with less. Growth via free market capitalism is choosing to do more with less. It’s all about power. The serpent told Eve that if she ate the apple, SHE would…
Read More#116 The Resurgence of Socialism
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/116-Resurgence-of-Socialism.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More#116 The Resurgence of Socialism Whole Foods founder John Mackey calls capitalism “The greatest thing humanity’s ever done.” Then why do young people favor socialism? This podcast explains five reasons, based on the work of Niall Ferguson. As the Christian…
Read More#5 Wait or Walk?
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Wait-or-Walk.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreIs the economy a force of nature made by God, or a machine that human’s adjust? Christian economists believe there is a God who guards and guides, so we believe in more passive fiscal and monetary policies.
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