Christian Social Thought

October 09, 2017

Putting Columbus in context

A few years ago the following quote from Christopher Columbus started making the rounds: For one woman they give a hundred castellanos, as for a farm; and this sort of trading is very common, and there are already a great number of merchants who go in search of girls; there are at this moment some nine or ten on sale; they fetch a good price, let their age be what it will. Continue Reading...

September 27, 2017

Pope, Patriarch need theology of civilization

Today at Public Orthodoxy, I examine the recent claim of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew that The human environment and the natural environment are deteriorating together, and this deterioration of the planet weighs upon the most vulnerable of its people. Continue Reading...

September 18, 2017

Business as a calling

Do you live vocationally in your day job, even if you aren’t making a career of it? God’s calling on your life is not a maintenance request, the task is not finite, nor is it particular. Continue Reading...

September 13, 2017

The spiritual core of liberty

Last week FEE published an essay by economist Dierdre McCloskey titled “The Core of Liberty is Economic Liberty.” McCloskey writes, [E]conomic liberty is the liberty about which most ordinary people care. Continue Reading...

September 06, 2017

Living in tension as a libertarian Christian

A “libertarian Christian” might seem like an oxymoron to some Christians. For Albert Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, you cannot be both a faithful Christian and a libertarian. Continue Reading...

August 30, 2017

Thinking about the ethics and economics of ‘price gouging’

A reporter posted a picture on Twitter yesterday that showed a Best Buy in Houston charging $42 for a case of Dasani water. The picture also showed a case of Smartwater for $29, with a sign noting there was a “limited supply.” Continue Reading...

August 29, 2017

New Issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality (Vol. 20, No. 1)

The newest issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality, vol. 20, no. 1, has been published online and print copies are in the mail. This issue is a special issue on “Morality, Neoclassical Economics, and John Maynard Keynes.” Continue Reading...

August 28, 2017

No, hurricanes and other natural disasters are not economically beneficial

Hurricanes like Harvey almost always leave two things in their aftermath: broken windows and articles advocating the broken window fallacy. Unfortunately, while we can’t stop hurricanes from occurring we should be able to put an end to bizarre idea that natural disasters that destroy property are beneficial to our economy. Continue Reading...

August 25, 2017

Why Christians should oppose the debt ceiling limit

When it comes to political policy, Christians in America have a wide-range of opinions about what should be done. Even when we agree on a general principle, we tend to disagree about how that informs our policy choices. Continue Reading...

August 18, 2017

What did John Calvin think about economics?

“It is odd to call someone so famous an ‘underrated thinker’ but indeed Calvin is,” says economist Tyler Cowen. One of the reasons Calvin is so underrated is that he is so often misunderstood. Continue Reading...

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