Faith and Economics

Podcast number 150!! We are happy to share this huge milestone with a special guest. Jerry Bowyer joins the Gwartney team this week, discussing his book The Maker vs. The Takers. Jerry's book is a close reading of the Gospels that takes history and archeology into account, demolishing the myth of a socialist Jesus.  Timeline:  Jesus and Economics- 3:15 "Tear Down" Impulse- 5:45 Revelatio...

In this week's podcast, Dr. Justin Clarke takes the team through his experiences of timeshare presentations. Justin and Russ both have been through multiple timeshare presentations, and Justin brings a great argument to the table that everyone can use in their life. Justin asks during the podcast if it's okay to be irrational at times, and tells the audience at the end to be able to pull the "no"...

In this week's episode, the Gwartney team welcomes Tho Bishop on the show. Tho is an assistant editor for the  Mises Wire , and can assist with questions from the press. Prior to working for the Mises Institute, he served as Deputy Communications Director for the House Financial Services Committee. His articles have been featured in The Federalist , the Daily Caller ,...

This episode Dr. Justin Clarke takes the team through Danish philosopher Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling." The story of Abraham is taken into a different light. We hope you enjoy! Show Timeline: -Background on Kierkegaard -Other examples in history of sacrificing -1 on 1 relationship with the absolute -Abraham is God? -Faith is a passion Quote of the week from the show: "Where are you going to l...

This week the Gwartney team talks about space. We have heard in the news about the space race between three billionaires, as they try to sell commercial flights into space. Listen to what the team thinks about these rockets being sent up into space. Enjoy!

This week the Gwartney team has a very special guest on the show. Dr. David Church joins the team to talk about faith, work, and Deming. The team talks about leading and managing with faith. How do we build trust in our society today. What does Christ have to do with all of this? We hope you enjoy the show. 

This week the Gwarntey team talks about Democracy. What are the good parts about it, but what short comings do we see in democracy. Find out what the professors believe is right. Enjoy!

In this week's episode the Gwartney team talks about the retraction of a academic paper. On our last show we talked about vaccines and there safety. This data was given to us by a paper published in the journal called Vaccines. The paper was retracted because of its data set, but was there more too it? 

In this weeks episode, the Gwartney team talks about the COVID-19 vaccine. Should we be worried about your kids receiving the vaccine even with the unknown side effects, or not being worried about getting the vaccine and your kid having the risk of getting Covid. Listen to what the team has to say about this topic for the week.

Welcome to another Faith and Economics podcast! This week the Gwartney team talks about what a business cycle is, specifically the austrian business cycle. They then turn the conversation into whether or not a recession is going to hit soon. We hope you enjoy!

This week the Gwartney team talks about the Lindy effect. The Lindy effect is The Lindy Effect is the idea that the older something is, the longer it’s likely to be around in the future. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, in his book, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder, defines it for non-perishable items (things like information, intellectual production, etc.) as so: If a book has been in print for...

This week's podcast the team talks about Alaska. Dr. McCullough just got back from Alaska where he gave a presentation on the economic freedom of Alaska. He learned some interesting things about Alaska during his stay there. He learned that the prices of goods are outrageous and what we talk about on this show is the Dividend that Alaskans receive each year. Then we talk about how this dividend wo...

This week's podcast is about science and scientists specifically Dr. Fauci since he has been all over the news with his emails being leaked. The podcast talks about what happened and then about where its all gone wrong. Should there be a separation of science and state?? Enjoy.

This week's podcast the Gwartney team wants to continue off of the last podcast on inflation. This week the team talks about what a crisis is and why there doesn't need to be such a worry involved with a crisis especially with Christ on your side. We hope you enjoy the podcast.

This week the Gwartney team talks about a hot topic in recent news... Inflation. The Gwartney team talks about what inflation is and what are the methods of measuring it. Then the conversation moves into how what the future might have in store for us with the rise in inflation. Enjoy!

This week the Gwartney team took a personality test previous to the show and discussed the results. To take the test and compare it to the team use this website below: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test The team then in the second have takes their results and seeing how personalities are used in faith and how they can be related to economics. We hope you enjoy the show!

The Gwartney team this week talks about the change in culture. Dr. Clarke brings up an article by Daniel A. Kaufman, titled, "TWENTY-FIVE THINGS EVERYONE USED TO UNDERSTAND." Kaufman writes these 25 propositions below that say things that pretty much everyone in the United States understood until "five proverbial minutes ago."  He wrote them down, not just as a reminder of how much things hav...

This week the Gwartney Institute talks about today's media. Specifically the team talks about media deception, and how media changes what actually happens. We saw this a lot when Trump was in office with articles that weren't telling the truth, and social media spreading things that most likely aren't true. This is now happening with Joe Biden. Our last podcast covered his so called meat laws that...

This weeks podcast the Gwartney team is talking about meat. Yes, meat! Here is why, climate change was a central policy for Joe Biden during the 2020 election, and last week the president hosted a summit with 40 world leaders to discuss their response to the crisis. At the virtual event, Biden announced a new target for the U.S to cut emissions by 50 to 52 percent by 2030 compared with 2005 levels...

The Gwartney team this week talks about the minimum wage argument. This discussion is led by our special guest Dr. Victor Claar. Dr. Victor V. Claar is associate professor of economics at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, where he holds the BB&T Distinguished Professorship in Free Enterprise. He studied business and math as an undergraduate at Houghton College in upstate New York, a...

This week's podcast the team talks about the proposal of vaccine passports. The team talks about whether they are for or against these passports, and then the many different arguments that could support these passports or deny the use of them. We hope you enjoy!

This week's podcast episode is on the social trust of certain institutions. There is information out that says the younger generation has a decrease in trust for many different institutions like the government, scientists, and police. This podcast idea was brought up after one of the institutions that is decreasing is the church. Listen to what the team's thoughts are on this topic. The Gallu...

This week's podcast the Gwartney team welcomes Dr. Rachel Ferguson back to the show. The podcast this week a more on the faith side talking about how old testament laws can shape Christians today. The idea for the podcast was from Dr. Rachel Ferguson and Dr. Russ McCullough after they both listened to a podcast from the Biblical Mind group. Their podcast has "Dr. Carmen Imes, Associate Professor o...

The podcast this week is about the children's books that were banned recently. The author is Dr. Suess and 6 of his books have been pulled from the shelfs and banned in many libraries around the country. See what the professors have to say, and what economic, philosophical, and faith principles can be woven into a situation like this. We had a mic malfunction for the first 5 minutes of the podcast...

This week the Gwartney team talks about a Universal Basic Income or UBI. Give a listen to what our professors think about a universal income. Will it ever be put into place where it can work?