Joe Carter is a Senior Editor at the Acton Institute. Joe also serves as an editor at the The Gospel Coalition, a communications specialist for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and as an adjunct professor of journalism at Patrick Henry College. He is the editor of the NIV Lifehacks Bible and co-author of How to Argue like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History's Greatest Communicator (Crossway).
Posts by Joe Carter
April 17, 2019
As the old saying goes, “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.” But how much time do you have to do if you commit a crime? Probably not as long as you’d imagine.
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April 16, 2019
Note: This is post #119 in a weekly video series on basic economics.
The U.S. Federal Reserve controls the supply of money—which gives it a huge influence on the world economy.
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April 15, 2019
Today is Tax Day, the day when individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. Here are five facts you should know about income taxes and Tax Day:
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April 11, 2019
Note: This is the latest entry in the Acton blog series, “What Christians Should Know About Economics.” For other entries in the series see this post.
What it means: The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable federal tax credit available to eligible workers earning relatively low wages.
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April 10, 2019
After the second World War, support for free markets and modern conservatism became more prominent—and both were often interlinked. But skepticism, if not outright rejection, of free markets has remained an undercurrent in a large section of the conservative movement.
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April 09, 2019
Note: This is post #118 in a weekly video series on basic economics.
What happens when you deposit money in a bank? Because of government requirements, the bank must keep some but it allowed to lend out the rest.
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April 08, 2019
In his letter to the Romans, the Apostle Paul affirms that Gentiles have the law “written on their hearts” (Romans 2:15). Since then there has been a constant debate about what constitutes the natural law (i.e.,
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April 05, 2019
Series Note: Jobs are one of the most important aspects of a morally functioning economy. They help us serve the needs of our neighbors and lead to human flourishing both for the individual and for communities.
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April 04, 2019
When anyone criticizes socialism by pointing out the failures of socialist countries like Cuba or Venezuela, its defenders claim, “That’s authoritarian socialism, that’s not the type of socialism we support.” We defenders of free enterprise mock this shift, but don’t we do something similar?
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April 03, 2019
The law of demand is one of the most fundamental concepts of economics. This law states that, if all other factors remain equal, the higher the price of a good, the less people will demand that good.
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