Category: Economics

  • Economics in a Genesis 3 World

    By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Genesis 3:19 (ESV) We sometimes assume that the Bible says very little about “non-religious” topics such as economics and politics. Of course,…

  • Books: Rebecca McLaughlin reviews Richard Dawkins’ most recent book. Reading: Tim Challies publishes the 2020 reading challenge. Venezuela: The economic crises continues as students don’t eat, and teachers go to more lucrative jobs, like painting nails.

  • I ask the question because when I debate funding with my Canadian family for the Canadian public broadcasting service (the CBC), it’s often asserted that the government should fund public broadcasting so that it can give the people impartial information. Now, for the moment we’ll assume that it is possible to have impartial information. Even…

  • So this morning I again ran into the issue of fan death in Korea through a facebook comment, and I had a chance to reflect on my experience… A quick explanation: Fan death is the belief that if a person on a hot day closes off their room and falls asleep with a fan pointed…

  • This week I read a story about how the Newfoundland minimum wage was going up to $9.50 an hour, and how a local business leader thinks that this is a mistake. In the interest of inflaming people, I think the guy is right. For some reason, people think that price controls on things are a…