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by | October 21, 2022 · 9:50 am

Episode 371: From Cold to Curmudgeon

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As it happened this week I went from Cold to Curmudgeon. How’s that? Laugh as you willCold To Curmudgeon but a sinus cold hit me so I had no desire to record a program this week. And you would not have wanted to see or hear me sniffle with snot. Now that sinus cold as well as the state of goings on made me a momentary curmudgeon.

I really became that grumpy old man as I continued to dive into the gems of modern manipulative economics as well as the list of stories that I’m sharing a few of. I have to highlight that now at the end of the week, I am joyfully grateful that God is Sovereign over ALL that exists.

I’m sharing some lite-reading and adding just a bit of commentary. Oh, and the audio for this week is from 2017 ‘Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law to Modern Feudalism.’ This has a connection to my series on economics. I’ll have a new program for next week.

Take heart as you delve into the lite-reading. Sam Adams had this encouragement:

“Nil desperandum, — Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.”

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by | October 7, 2022 · 7:08 am

Episode 369: Economics 101 in Christian Nationalism

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Economics 101 in Christian Nationalism is not in the sphere of conversation for most individualsEconomics_101_Christian_Nationalism who call themselves Christians. How can a Christian think about or react to the nuances of economics? Well, in the 20th and now the 21st centuries, it has been what the experts from major institutions or think tanks have to say?

Constitution Economics Chair

A number of years ago I was the Chairperson of the Constitutional Economics group in a small think tank. My challenge was to look at U. S. economics from a foundational and Constitutional perspective. This required more than understanding the historical theories of 18th Century economics. This required looking at the personal lives of the various Founders from the pre-revolution period through the ratification of the Constitution and into the first fifty years of the Constitution being in effect.

The intent of this Constitutional Economics group was to compare modern economic policy to that which demanded the Constitutional Convention from the Annapolis Convention of 1786. With the development of a new nation, the mechanisms of commerce were critical not only at the States inter-relational needs but also from a local to international inter-relational needs.

One consideration that was already a failure at the inception of our new nation is what I missed at as a member of that think tank: What was a Biblical view of economics? Although there was much pulpit peaching and discussions considering the question of ‘what was Liberty?’ – very little has been paid attention to the moral questions surrounding economics and business in general. Continue reading →

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by | February 22, 2020 · 9:00 am

2-22-20 Davos 1776 – A Question of Economics

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Davos 1776  The New Global Mercantilism

Davos and Davos 1776 are parallels in history. I often comment that there is ‘Nothing New Under the Sun.’ The location is different in that Switzerland was know as the bastion and root of the Reformation while now it is the bastion for the ‘World Economic Forum.’ Ha… and dispensationalists thought that Brussels was the ‘beast!’

Clarification, there is nothing wrong with working hard and smart to develop wealth. Yet, to assume that ones wealth allows them to be the leader and lord of all things is antithetical to Foundational Biblical and American principles.

Just to quote an interesting observation from 2017 (the article is in the references):

“(People) have witnessed the rise of the Davos class, a hyper-connected network of banking and tech billionaires, elected leaders who are awfully cosy with those interests (neoliberal policies), and Hollywood celebrities who make the whole thing seem unbearably glamorous,” Naomi Klein, an author and social activist said in an opinion piece for The Guardian newspaper just a day after Trump’s victory in November. Continue reading →

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