by Kevin Bauder | Aug 31, 2017 | Economics, Humanities
ISI exerpts “The Economy Isn’t Everything” from Wilhelm Roepke’s book, The Humane Economy. Economists have their typical deformation professionelle, their own occupational disease of the mind. Each of us speaks from personal experience when he...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 22, 2017 | Accountability, Conservatism, Economics, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics
“Governments Don’t Give People Rights,” by Donald J. Boudreaux at the Foundation for Economic Education. Rights pre-exist government. Therefore, even if – as most people believe – government is necessary to help to secure individuals’ rights,...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 18, 2017 | Capitalism, Culture, Economics, Politics, Race
I first read Thomas Sowell back in the late 1980s. It was his book on The Economics and Politics of Race. It was a great book and Sowell became one of my favorite writers. Sowell recently retired and we are all poorer for it. Andre Archie at The American Conservative...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 11, 2017 | Capitalism, Conservatism, Economics
As an increasing number of evangelicals grow hostile toward capitalism, it’s useful to have a simple definition. Writing for the Intercollegiate Review, Paul Mueller provides that kind of simple definition. He also discusses several varieties of capitalism,...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 24, 2017 | Conservatism, Culture, Economics, Education
It was fun to join Dan Churchwell for breakfast this morning. Dan is 2001 graduate of Central Seminary. He went on for further education, then taught in several institutions of higher learning. Dan is now the Associate Director of Program Outreach for the Acton...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 16, 2016 | Conservatism, Economics, Liberalism, Philosophy, Politics
Many people–including many conservatives–think of conservatism as an ideology. They would be surprised to learn that thoughtful conservatives reject ideology of every sort. They insist that their position is not an ideology, but an attitude. Read more from...
