Category: Economics
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Calmly Considered: Scarcity or Abundance– Which Is Our World?
Last month, Dr. Allan Bevere and I got together to discuss the nuances of "scarcity and abundance" from theological perspectives. Too often people from the two fields talk past each other with unfair characterizations on this topic. Our conversation hopefully shines some light.
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Calmly Considered: Economics, the New Testament, and the 21st Century (in podcast & videocast)
This is the first installment of a once-monthly series called Calmly Considered, in which Allan Bevere and I will be discussing topics related to faith and economics. In this episode, we discuss Peter Oakes' Empire, Economics, and the New Testament. We barely scratch the surface but hopefully some meaningful dialog.
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The Numbers And Economics Of COVID-19
Last Thursday, Dr. Allan Bevere interviewed me about my thoughts on the coronavirus pandemic and the economic costs. Thanks for an enjoyable time, Allan. Be sure to follow his blog Allan R. Bevere, Faith Seeking Understanding.
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Billionaires do NOT pay an overall tax rate lower than the bottom 50%.
Two months ago, the New York Times uncritically ran an article claiming billionaires pay lower tax rates than the bottom half of American earners. (I see this and related pieces circulated by my progressive friends.) The unsubstantiated and yet-to-be-reviewed data came from economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, a tease to promote their soon-to-be-released book.…
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The Keynesian Revolution and Our Empty Economy: We’re All Dead – Book Review
The Keynesian Revolution and Our Empty Economy: We're All Dead (Quotes are from the e-book version.) Is economics value-free? Can it be? In the nineteenth century, economics emerged alongside other social sciences, aspiring to apply the scientific method to study human behavior. Economists distinguish positive and normative economics – positive being descriptive and normative being…
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Why I Have Never Met a Neoliberal
I recently rediscovered this excellent blog post I read last year, The problem with "critical" studies. Joseph Heath's observations about the term neoliberal are spot on. This explains why I have never met one, and likely neither have you. "For instance, I had noticed a long time ago that the term "neoliberal" functions as the…