Joseph Sunde

Joseph Sunde's work has appeared in venues such as the Foundation for Economic Education, First Things, The Christian Post, The Stream, Intellectual Takeout, Patheos, LifeSiteNews, The City, Charisma News, The Green Room, Juicy Ecumenism, Ethika Politika, Made to Flourish, and the Center for Faith and Work, as well as on PowerBlog. He resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and four children.

Posts by Joseph Sunde

January 29, 2019

When red tape hits the homeless: San Diego charity closes due to new restrictions

For the past four years, Deliverance San Diego has been delivering hot meals to the city’s homeless population every Friday, averaging 200 donated meals on any given evening. Now, due to new guidelines passed by the State Legislature of California, the non-profit is ceasing operations and will dissolve by the end of the month. Continue Reading...

January 25, 2019

Trust in employers and CEOs is soaring, but can they really ‘save the world’?

Our cultural environment has become increasingly defined by social isolation and public distrust, aggravated by a number of factors and features, from declines in church and community participation to concentrations of political power to the rise of online conformity mobs to the corresponding hog-piling among the media and various leaders. Continue Reading...

January 22, 2019

Signals for service: Lessons from the invention of the price tag

As we continue to confront a range of top-down efforts to manage and manipulate prices, whether through tariffs, subsidies, or government-directed wage controls, much of the surrounding debate tends to focus on arbitrary notions about “just prices” and “the balance of economic power.” Continue Reading...

January 17, 2019

Populism vs. capitalism: The myth of the market as a ‘tool’

Tucker Carlson’s recent rant on the corrosive grip of cultural elites and pro-market conservatism has led to a bounty of intra-movement debate and introspection, ranging from loud “amens!” to loud “nay, nevers!” Continue Reading...

January 15, 2019

The irony of Patagonia’s tax cut ‘protest’

In response to the recent Republican-led tax reform—which reduced corporate taxes from 35% to 21%—many companies have responded by handing out surprise bonuses, increased 401(k) matches, and various wage bumps. For a company like Patagonia, however, the tax cuts have been labeled “irresponsible,” a symbol of the federal government’s reckless apathy. Continue Reading...

January 14, 2019

Toward ‘humanomics’: Deirdre McCloskey on honoring the world of human creation

In her transformative Bourgeois Era trilogy, economist Deirdre McCloskey challenged our popular theories about the causes of our newfound economic prosperity, arguing that it sprung not from new systems, tools, or materials, but rather the ideas, virtues, and rhetoric behind them. Continue Reading...

January 10, 2019

Study: Is population growth essential to economic flourishing?

The doom delusions of central planners and population “experts” are well documented and thoroughly exposed, from the faulty predictions of Paul Ehrlich to the more recent hysteria among environmental activists who continue to day-dream about the glories of “a world without us.” Continue Reading...

December 21, 2018

Posts by Joseph Sunde

When red tape hits the homeless: San Diego charity closes due to new restrictions

Trust in employers and CEOs is soaring, but can they really ‘save the world’?

Signals for service: Lessons from the invention of the price tag

Populism vs. capitalism: The myth of the market as a ‘tool’

The irony of Patagonia’s tax cut ‘protest’

Toward ‘humanomics’: Deirdre McCloskey on honoring the world of human creation

Study: Is population growth essential to economic flourishing?

Joy for the world: The true source of our economic witness

C.S. Lewis on the strangeness of Christmas in a post-Christian age

The way of the manger: How the incarnation transforms work into witness

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