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How Adam Smith became a (surprising) hero to conservative economists Glory M. Liu, Aeon Whatever your political leanings, one thing is clear: Smith speaks on both sides of a longstanding deb… Read More

How the US Is Promoting Religious Liberty Around the World Daniel Davis, The Daily Signal Around the world, religious liberty remains under threat. In China, a million Uighurs Muslims are no… Read More

Catholic Socialism Isn’t Catholic Richard Storey, Crisis Magazine The Church is as much opposed to centralized political power as it is monopolized economic power since both corrupt… Read More

Dear Conservatives: Giving the State Even More Power Won’t Solve Our Problems Zachary Yost, Mises Wire Desperate times do indeed call for desperate measures, but they do not call for a… Read More

Ten Things to Know about What the Bible Teaches on God and Human Government Justin Taylor, TGC The following is adapted from J. Budziszewski, Evangelicals in the Public Square: Four Formativ… Read More

The case for capitalism lies in the prosperity it delivers Patrick Spencer, CapX The case for capitalism should be made in terms of the material improvements it has delivered. Three Problems… Read More

Global Christian persecution is worsening while American churches slumber David Curry, USA Today The American church is feeding itself to death as the worldwide church is being murdered. The… Read More

The Case for Capitalism John Stossel, Economic freedom makes the world better. Elizabeth Warren’s Antitrust Crusade is an Economic and Civil Liberties Nightmare Dominick Armentano, M… Read More

The Gleaner’s Edge Bruce Baker and Tom Parks, Christianity Today How an Old Testament practice can transform the way we do business today. A large share of Republicans hold progressiv… Read More

Ginsburg’s “Neutrality” over Religious Liberty John M. Grondelski, Crisis Magazine Both the majority and minority in the Peace Cross decision, I would claim, suffered from… Read More

Economists don’t agree on much, but what they do agree on is being ignored Allison Schrager, Quartz Here are just a few of the principles accepted by mainstream economists that are bei… Read More

What Is Biblical Stewardship? R.C. Sproul, Ligonier Ministries How we use our resources is the subject of economics, and in a biblical sense it is the chief concern of stewardship. Escaping… Read More

How poverty skews justice Kate Trammell, ERLC Criminal records and removing barriers to second chances. America is in the grip of a living standards myth Marian L. Tupy, CapX Populism feeds… Read More

How America Reconciled Patriotism and Free Markets Samuel Gregg, Law and Liberty The United States is a very fractious place these days. One of the biggest splits crisscrossing the left and… Read More

The Bible’s Impact on Human Rights Lauren Green Mcaffee and Michael Mcafee, Christianity Today The ideas of human dignity and respect for all didn’t develop in a vacuum. Quantify… Read More

Why the Minimum Wage Can’t Solve the Poverty Problem Paul Boyce, FEE A higher minimum wage is sold as a way to help millions out of poverty. The reality is that it only benefits a smal… Read More

Why Pastors Should Engage Abraham Kuyper William Edgar, Credo Three realms where Kuyper’s burdens ought to challenge the contemporary pastor are the church, education, and politics. W… Read More

Adam Smith’s Refreshing Idea of Justice Vernon Smith, Wall Street Journal His definition attempts to minimize harm while maximizing freedom. Religious freedom is basis of all other fre… Read More

3 Ways Your Faith Should Shape Your Work Jeremy Treat, TGC One way to avoid the sacred/secular divide is to remember that “Christian” works better as a noun than as an adjective… Read More

Building A Culture of Religious Freedom Charles J. Chaput, Public Discourse If we believe in an afterlife where we’re held accountable for our actions, then that belief has very pract… Read More

India lifted 271 million people out of poverty in 10 years: UN The Hindu India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidi… Read More

Religious Liberty: The Long View David G. Bonagura Jr., Crisis Magazine Catholics do not need reminders that, despite a series of small victories brought by the Supreme Court in the last fe… Read More

The State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights: Concerns and Five Recommendations Paul Marshall, Providence One problem with some recent formulations of rights is that anythin… Read More

What If Charity Replaced Taxation? Jean Vilbert, FEE Perhaps if the government demanded less (coercively), people would give more voluntarily. Religious leaders gather at U.S. Capitol to pra… Read More

The Apollo Program and a New View of Creation Alan Dowd, Providence It says something profound about America—whatever her faults—that when she sent her sons into the heavens, the… Read More

As religious freedom summit ends, State Department announces new alliance, sanctions Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service Trump administration officials announced a new alliance with U.S… Read More

How to Talk to Millennials About Socialism Ben Wilterdink, The Beacon While it is true that many, or even most, Millennials tell pollsters that they prefer socialism over capitalism, this fi… Read More

Wars on Poverty Marvin Olasky, WORLD About once a month a WORLD reader asks me, “What should I read to learn how to help the poor and how not to?” Industrial Policy and National… Read More

The Debt Is Mounting. Here’s How to Rescue Our Children’s Future. Romina Boccia, The Daily Signal With an economy that’s strong, that creates opportunities, and that grows… Read More

What the Founders Had to Say About National Debt Cal Thomas, The Daily Signal The Founders of the United States of America warned against massive federal debt, but, to our detriment, their p… Read More

Edmund Burke’s Case for Private Charity Over the Welfare State Kai Weiss, Mises Wire When it comes to the role of government in society, a relatively unknown work of his can be especia… Read More

Helping the Needy: What’s the Christian Thing to Do? Lawrence W. Reed, FEE Would Jesus, his apostles, or anyone of authority in the early Church approve of socialism? Elizabeth Warren… Read More

Pete Buttigieg Calls Opponents Of A $15 Minimum Wage ‘So-called Christians’ Joshua Lawson, The Federalist The failed economic policies put forth by Pete Buttigieg hurt the same p… Read More

A Christian Case for Religious Liberty Nathaniel Peters, Law and Liberty Religious liberty and freedom of conscience exist in the West because Christians developed them from the truths they… Read More

God And The Economists Jerry Bowyer, Forbes Adam Smith, the great theorist free markets, said they do not work without God Why Welfare Hasn’t Cured Poverty Genevieve Wood, The Daily Si… Read More

Humanitarianism and the Greatest Commandments Chandler Lasch, Real Clear Religion A love of man that denies both the image of God in him and his fallen nature turns man into a false god. Con… Read More

On Writing, Economics, and Writing About Economics David Deavel, The Imaginative Conservative Economics is one of the necessary tools that call forth the creativity and cooperation in us&mda… Read More

Mandatory National Service: A Bad Idea That Won’t Die Doug Bandow, The American Conservative Sorry Pete Buttigieg, but government conscription is unconstitutional and poorly thought th… Read More

Pirates, Not Puritans Titus Techera, Law and Liberty The promise of lawless freedom is partly deceptive; something beyond mere individualism is required to make a community. Ferris Bueller&r… Read More

There Is No Government Shortcut for Entrepreneurial Success Brooke Medina and Doug McCullough, FEE Elizabeth Warren’s belief that government is capable of “leveling the playing f… Read More

When Limitless Relativism Meets Limitless Moralism Daniel J. Mahoney, Law and Liberty James F. Pontuso’s wonderfully accessible book on what happens when virtue and morality are severe… Read More

Bibles Escape Trump’s Tariff Fight with China Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today America’s Christian publishers no longer have to render to Caesar an extra 10 percent. A Nation wi… Read More

The Economy Is about More than Money Greg Forster, Crossway The economy is not just money. It’s the complex system of choices we make about all our resources (including money), all our… Read More

Should Environmental Concerns Be a Major Priority for a Christian Business Owner? Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today Experts weigh in from the Lausanne Movement’s Global Workplace Forum… Read More

Currency and the Common Good Peter J. Leithart, First Things In Christianity, profit doesn’t shatter a closed cosmos because the cosmos was never closed to begin with. The High Cost… Read More

Edmund Burke, Free Marketeer Kai Weiss, The American Conservative Big-government conservatives should try actually reading him before they claim him as their own. Two Big Ways American Consu… Read More

The Problem of Immoral Choices in the Marketplace Murray N. Rothbard, Mises Wire Mises states, quite rightly, that anyone who advocates governmental dictation over one area of individual con… Read More

Why the Physical Earth Matters to God Ian K. Smith, Crossway In our prayers at church, how often do we give thanks for those who labor in the mundane jobs that keep society going? Continue R… Read More

A Christian’s Perspective on Economic Downturn Greg Forster, Crossway We live in an age of economic anxiety,1 and it’s only going to get more disrupted. Why American Democracy I… Read More

God or Government: What an Economy of “Nones” May Mean for Our Future Kelly Hanlon, Public Discourse G.K. Chesterton may have summed up our current situation best: men who stop b… Read More

Bishops welcome proposed rule to protect rights of religious employers Catholic News Service The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees Aug. 21 welcomed a proposed rule from the U… Read More

War for Poverty Bryan Caplan, EconLib When a country is mired in poverty, violent revolution is the most emotionally appealing remedy. Economic Nationalism Is a Philosophy of War Ludwig von… Read More

Bernie Sanders’s Upside-Down Concept of “Morality” Bradley Thomas, Mises Wire While often declaring goods like health care and day care “rights,” Sanders also i… Read More

History of Labor Day U.S. Department Of Labor On September 2, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor celebrates and honors the greatest worker in the world – the American worker. Labor Day… Read More

A Theology of Financial Independence Sawyer Nyquist, Fathom Being financially free has its virtues, but it also has its vices. What’s Wrong with Protectionism? Mercatus Center Answeri… Read More

Five things I learned about envy in politics Laura Seay, Washington Post Why do some people seem to vote against their economic interests? Why do politicians enact policies that seem contrar… Read More

The Point of Kuyperian Pluralism Jonathan Chaplin, Comment Facing exploitative capitalism and overweening statism, Kuyper’s vision of pluralism should still inspire Christians today. Y… Read More

Tata Power’s ‘Powerlinks’ has launched E-Vidya, an e-learning platform under its Digital school lab initiatives in Siliguri, West Bengal. Through E-Vidya, the company aims… Read More

Tata Power’s ‘Powerlinks’ has launched E-Vidya, an e-learning platform under its Digital school lab initiatives in Siliguri, West Bengal. Through E-Vidya, the company aims… Read More

, Goals to allow a digital community of skilled paraprofessionals and volunteers for early detection of kids on the autism spectrum in under-served and Tier 2 and three cities and rural… Read More