free market

What Would Jesus Do?

Economics

Emmanuel (God with us), Jesus looked into the hearts of religious and politically powerful men and then bluntly told them what he saw: a self-absorbed and spiritually dead ruling class, ...

Billionaires in a Free Market

Economics

Someone else having a billion dollars does no harm to you. It very likely makes their life harder – not materially, but emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically – but it does ...

Libertarian Takes on COVID-19

Libertarianism

During the first couple weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, I interviewed for our Facebook page several libertarians to get their take on how things were going. ...

The March of History – Mises vs. Marx

Economics

AIER just released an incredible video about the ongoing war of ideas of socialism versus capitalism, exemplified in the persons of Karl Marx and Ludwig von Mises. You definitely do ...

Does Commerce Make us Lose our Soul?

Culture

Is there something inherent in the free exchange of goods and services that make it uniquely vulnerable to degradation of our souls? Apparently this is a common outlook on commerce. ...

christian posture toward others

The Christian Posture Toward Others

Libertarianism

It is part of human development that people from every generation must come to terms with and decide what to accept from the faith traditions they inherit from previous generations. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Research: Government is Killing Us

Libertarianism

Here in rural Indiana, as in much of the Midwest, it’s difficult to escape the visual reminder of the ubiquity of corn and soybeans in the American diet. Every morning ...

All States Violate Liberty

Libertarianism

Today’s guest post is by Paul LaScola. Consider the proposition that a condition of individual liberty exists if all individuals are in full control of their own property: one’s life, ...

Economics, Hierarchy, and the Question of the State’s Inevitability

Economics

Among Christian libertarians, as with other libertarians, there are differing views concerning the legitimacy, necessity, and inevitability of the state. For some, this is the worn-out debate between a view supporting ...

Achieving Power, Printing Money, Creating Wealth

Achieving Power, Printing Money, Creating Wealth

History

  If you wanted to become the most powerful person in the world, how would you do it? Work harder than everyone else? Suck up to other powerful people and ...

Jesus, Natural Law, and Economics

Economics

Today’s guest post is by writer/commentator Paul LaScola.   The sense of God and commerce have both been with mankind throughout history. These two characteristics of man — one spiritual, ...

The Free Market at Work

Economics

In 2013, in response to the increasing “open carry” debate, Howard Schultz, the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Starbucks posted an open letter on the company’s website requesting ...

The GOP Tax Reform Plan: A Libertarian Analysis

Economics

Last month I did a preliminary libertarian analysis of the Republicans’ newest tax-reform plan. I concluded that their “Unified Framework For Fixing Our Broken Tax Code” left us with too ...

Wealth, Welfare and Charity

Economics

There are many divergent views about specific topics within libertarian Christian thought, just as there are within strictly libertarian or strictly Christian thinking. But the overarching theme that unites the ...

Wind Energy: Destroying the Midwest One “Farm” at a Time

Economics

My father and I recently finished publishing a book entitled Paradise Destroyed: The Destruction of Rural Living by the Wind Energy Scam. The book reached #1 on Amazon for “New ...

Americans Are Quadruple Taxed

Economics

It has often been pointed out that corporate profits are double taxed when a corporation pays income tax on its profit and then shareholders pay income tax on that same ...

What’s Next For Liberty?

Economics

* Today’s guest post comes from Justin Nguyen, founder and Director of Nguyen Solutions, a Christian libertarian-owned startup currently crowdfunding a campaign to recycle food using the black soldier fly. ...

Airbnb and the “Housing Shortage” Nonsense

Economics

If I hear another bureaucrat complain about Airbnb creating a “shortage” of housing, I’ll vomit. Airbnb, like the steam engine, wash machine, and internet, is a disruptive business innovation of ...

A Christian Defense of Capitalism

Libertarianism

*Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University. As an economist at Northwood University, I teach the history and philosophy of various economic systems. In fact, humanity ...

Twelve False Assumptions Behind Mainstream Politics

History

1. That the world’s problems can be solved by passing more laws. The more rules there are, the less freedom we have. There are now more criminal laws in the ...

Jamin Hübner on How State Accreditation Hinders Education

Libertarianism

Jamin Hübner, General Editor of LCI’s new research journal, Christian Libertarian Review, recently published an academic piece in The Journal of Religious Leadership on the bureaucratic roadblocks to accreditation caused ...

The Rich Young Man Conundrum (Mark 10:17-23)

Theology

Today’s guest post is by Rev. Jacob Chulsung Kim, PhD.   Libertarian-leaning Christians face resistance from other believers for many reasons, one of which is the problem of greed. Because ...

Phony Anarchists

Libertarianism

Reuters is reporting on supposed ‘anarchist groups’ planning to interfere with Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20th. This falls in line with the popularly-accepted (and completely wrong) definition of ...

The Global Populist Revolt and the Church

History

2016 will go down in the history books as a watershed year for world politics. Between the stunning Brexit vote that rocked the globalist cabal, the rising national populist movements ...

Jamin Hübner on ‘Distributive Justice’

Libertarianism

Dr. Jamin Hübner recently participated in a discussion at the University of Mississippi pertaining to distributive justice. Those on the left (including the Christian left) are often quick to use ...

The Jesus and Socialism Debate

Announcements

I was recently informed that Lawrence Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), will be on the Up For Debate Radio Program on the Moody Radio Network this ...

The Bible is a Voice to the Oppressed

History

Here is a great quote from Rob Bell (via azspot), with a generous hat-tip to our friend Bonnie Kristian. “Most of the Bible is a history told by people living ...

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