Libertarian Christian Perspectives

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Wealth

Is wealth merely a matter of merit? Can we accumulate too much?

The topic of wealth gets a lot of attention in today’s news, but what does the libertarian Christian think about wealth and abundance? Does God only bless some and not others? Do the wealthy have obligations to share? Where does the topic of equality fit in?

These questions and more are discussed in the following articles.

Articles

Equal But Not the Same

May 7, 2021

By Edmund Opitz. —- The real American revolution of two hundred years ago took place in the minds of people; it was a philosophical revolution

Billionaires in a Free Market

August 20, 2020

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

Christians Should Care About Wealth Inequality – When It’s Caused By The Government

November 15, 2019

Some say we are living in a new Gilded Age. The first Gilded Age, you may recall from your old history textbook, reached its peak

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Is Wealth a Sin?

January 27, 2014

Whenever statistics about inequality and the so-called “control of wealth” get published, the Progressive blogosphere goes wild and their social media statuses light up with

The Progress of Greed

September 22, 2011

Capitalism has an ironic side effect after generations of progress: we forget about the minutia of production and the importance of capital risk and investment.

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Equality, Envy and Idolatry

July 29, 2011

My latest post over at the Common Sense Concept: The poor in the US are doing very well compared to the poor in Kenya and

Wealth: Spread it or Share it?

June 9, 2011

Progressives are often advocating social policies that spread the wealth around. They defend this by explaining that shared wealth is a symptom of a just

Which kind of Equality?

April 27, 2011

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The eighteenth century writers, seeking to set

Enjoy Capitalism!

February 27, 2010

This entry is part 5 of 22 in the series Great Libertarian Memes

Capitalism is the only moral social system. Only a capitalist system allows you to act in your own interest, to keep what you have worked for and trade it with other willing individuals. For much of human history, wealth has been produced primarily by looting or enslaving others. Under capitalism wealth is created by serving others, by creating values for them.

Ethics and Business

October 28, 2009

Business and the businessman have had a bad press, almost uniformly. Do you remember the television show whose hero was a businessman? The show that portrayed this businessman as a person of integrity and vision, who labored long hours to produce a product that supplied a genuine need, which he marketed at prices people could afford? Who treated his employees with generosity and consideration, and his customers with unfailing courtesy? Who was a devoted family man, active in civic affairs, and a churchman?