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Ep 109: The “Biblical” Values of Democratic Socialism

Christian Worldview

In this joint episode with Godarchy host Mike Maharrey, we discuss a recent article from Sojourners on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s so-called biblical values of democratic socialism. The author supports the idea ...

Even Good Theologians Do Bad Economics

Christian Worldview

CJay Engel at The Reformed Libertarian has begun a series of articles that address the rising concern that libertarian Christians often have regarding the social/political shift to the left of pastors, ...

Ep 96: Fruitful Dominion and the Free Society with Shawn Ritenour

Christian Worldview

Is there a “Christian” view of economics? How does economic understanding relate to how we approach ethics, sociology, and policy, particularly through a Christian lens? In this episode, economics professor ...

Ep 93: Late Night Thoughts on Hymns, Churches, & Politics

Libertarianism

LCI’s Norman Horn and Doug Stuart discuss over a few drinks everything form hymns, church denominations, and the recent election.

Ep 92: How Economics Helps us Make Better Policy with Art Carden

Libertarianism

On the day of the 2018 midterm elections, Dr. Art Carden joins Doug Stuart to talk about the elections, how to improve the world after the election (no matter who ...

Ep 91: Analyzing Progressive Christianity with Bill Anderson

Libertarianism

The popularity of the Christian Left has grown in the past decade, and its message is attracting many Christians far and wide. But many are not familiar with some of ...

Ep 90: The Bourgeois Deal with Deirdre McCloskey

Economics

What explains the wealth of the modern age? Was it capital? Institutions? Slave-holding? Why do some countries seem to have an economic advantage over others? Are the fears of progressives ...

Ep 85: Promoting Liberty with Larry Reed

Economics

Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education, and has a long history of promoting liberty in the classroom and in think tanks. In this episode he ...

Ep 79: Will A.I. Displace Human Labor? with Jay Richards

Podcast

Futurists warn humans that our ability to stay competitive will be dramatically reduced because robots and artificial intelligence will make our work obsolete. While Jay Richards does not believe A.I. ...

Ep 78: Libertarian Christian Q&R, Round 4

Podcast

Join us for our second episode where we answer questions you have submitted, as well as popular topics from our Facebook group. We talk about pacifism, pledging allegiance, prayer in ...

Ep 77: Libertarian Christian Q&R, Round 3

Podcast

Join us for our third episode where we answer questions you have submitted, as well as popular topics from our Facebook group. Nationalism, idolatry, voting, and how would the rights ...

Ep 76: Loving Jesus and the Bible with Keith Giles

Podcast

Christians know about Jesus from the Bible, but can we really know Jesuswithout it? What is the difference between “the Word of God” and “the word of God”? Where does ...

Ep 75: The Compassion of Libertarianism with Mary Ruwart

Podcast

Libertarianism is the political philosophy of compassion, says Mary Ruwart, longtime libertarian and author of Healing Our World.Mary joins us to talk about a variety of issues that every libertarian ...

Ep 74: State Foreign Policy for Christians with Doug Bandow

Podcast

Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute joins us to talk about foreign policy from the standpoint of a Christian libertarian. We talk about North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and ...

Gary North’s Christian Economics: The Ethics of Destruction

Christian Worldview

In my last article, I introduced Gary North and his book, Christian Economics in One Lesson. This book is a spin-off of Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson. North is ...

Ep 73: What Good is the Constitution? with Tom Woods

Podcast

In this episode, LCI is joined by the liberty movement’s favorite podcaster — historian and entrepreneur Tom Woods — as we dive into constitutional history and try to answer the ...

Ep 72: Libertarian Christian Core Values (Part 6)

Podcast

LCI recently released our Mission, Vision and Core Values statement: a concise, systematic presentation of what we stand for as an organization. This document will provide a framework for LCI ...

Is there a Christian view of economics?

Book Reviews

I had the pleasure of attending for the first time FEEcon this month. I met several interesting people, from fellow attendees to some of the speakers, including the president, Lawrence ...

Ep 71: Libertarian Christian Core Values (Part 5)

Podcast

LCI recently released our Mission, Vision and Core Values statement: a concise, systematic presentation of what we stand for as an organization. This document will provide a framework for LCI ...

Ep 70: Libertarian Christian Core Values (Part 4)

Podcast

LCI recently released our Mission, Vision and Core Values statement: a concise, systematic presentation of what we stand for as an organization. This document will provide a framework for LCI ...

Ep 69: Libertarian Christian Core Values (Part 3)

Podcast

LCI recently released our Mission, Vision and Core Values statement: a concise, systematic presentation of what we stand for as an organization. This document will provide a framework for LCI ...

The Ambiguity of Selfishness

Libertarianism

A common criticism of capitalism is that it is inherently immoral. Capitalism is conflated into some type of economic Darwinism – survival of the wealthiest. To be a successful capitalist ...

Ep 68: Libertarian Christian Core Values (Part 2)

Podcast

This episode is second in a series covering our Mission, Vision, and Core Values statement: a concise, systematic presentation of what we stand for as an organization. This episode focuses ...

My Kid Learned More from Mario Maker than I Did from a Marketing Major

Culture

I’m not kidding.  I just watched my kid grasp basic marketing truths that took me years in the professional world to get. (I might be a bit daft, but that’s ...

Ep 67: Libertarian Christian Core Values (Part 1)

Podcast

LCI recently released our Mission, Vision and Core Values statement: a concise, systematic presentation of what we stand for as an organization. This document will provide a framework for LCI ...

Ep 66: Intellectual Property with Stephan Kinsella

Podcast

Intellectual property affects us daily, but is hardly understood by the average individual. Is it something libertarians need to be concerned about? Is it legitimate “property” in the first place? ...

Going Back Toward a Durable Society

Economics

This guest post was written by Paul LaScola.  If complete slavery is defined as full forceful control over one’s actions by another person or persons, then taxation is a lesser ...

Ep 65: The Moral Superiority of Capitalism with Jay Richards

Podcast

Capitalism has gotten a bad rap, unfortunately because most people are unaware of what it truly means. Marxism beliefs are creeping into the public’s view of economics, causing people to ...

Ep 64: The Abortion Debate with Kerry Baldwin

Podcast

The issue of abortion is of great concern to pro-lifers, yet even libertarians debate the political issues with as much disagreement as the left and the right. Is there a ...

Ep 63: Christian Economics with Victor Claar

Podcast

Is there a Christian view of economics? If so, what makes The Economic Way of Thinking different for the Christian? Why do people easily believe economic fallacies? Today Dr. Victor ...

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