New Polity

"Investing is good because it allows you to retire without being a burden on your kids." Is this statement true? Listen in to  get Good Money's first take on retirement with Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam.

The Council of Nicaea laid out the most foundational beliefs of Catholic doctrine: the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father. It was in this same ecumenical council, indeed, the very first ecumenical council, in which usury, lending money at interest, was condemned. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam discuss the Church's teaching then and now.

Nichole Oresme was the first scholastic to write a treatise on the nature of money. And as no Church Father had ever written on the topic, one can say that this is the first treatise on the nature of money in the Church. His understanding of money is different than what we use today, but his insights are still worth a listen. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam discuss.

At the Savior's command and formed by Divine Teaching, we dare to pray: "Forgive us our Debts as we forgive our Debtors." Christ refers to a spiritual jubilee—but just because it is spiritual does not mean that it is not also real, monetarily speaking. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam walk through this idea and help you prepare for your own jubilee.

What was the Year of Jubilee and where did it come from? Jacob Imam takes an in-depth look at the Old Testament as well as Babylonian Jubilees to shed light on current discussions of debt forgiveness.

It's the visible sign of an invisible power. It denotes the limits of a community. It is the lifeblood of a nation. It connects the citizen with the sovereign. Money serves a similar formative role in the nation as the Eucharist does in the Church. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam discuss.

Inheritance is inevitable. We will die without ever figuring out how to take our stuff with us. This makes the rather odd claim, “I will give everything I own away when I die,” seem quite silly, at least to the Church Fathers: “Of course you will!” They reply. Sit down with Marc and Jacob to hear how the fathers suggested we write our wills.

Almsgiving sounds churchy and ambiguous. Surprise: it’s not. It’s the virtue that fulfills the envious man’s perverted dream of being another person; it’s the work of merit that cures our capitalist obsession with merit; it’s the antidote to sin; it’s the hope for both the rich and poor. Listen up and do penance.

The Catholic principle is not, "Give a man a fish." And it is definitely not, "Teach a man to fish." It's not even, "Give a man a fish while you teach him how to fish." The good Catholic economy is summarized in the maxim, "Give a man a fishing pole and teach him to fish with it while you serve him nicely seasoned grilled halibut." Listen in to hear our argument for the gift economy...

This past year billionaires increased their wealth by 36%. Despite this incredible gain, 35% of the Forbes 400 (the 400 wealthiest people in the world) gave only 1% of their wealth away. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam play the game "How to Blow A Billion Dollars" to help those with money understand how to usher in a Christian culture.

Magnificence, another money virtue, calls for a truly magnificent end. We're not talking creating another company that you own or big investments. We're talking about using wealth (yes, this one requires serious moolah) to do something that will forever change your city. Let's fix some churches and start some monasteries. Separate yourself from a large amount of money for a great work. You don't n...

Don't build your wealth without building the virtue of liberality: a habit of giving so as to be an icon, rather than an idol, of God. Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam discuss how they each fail at this.

Act now! You don’t need to have a lot of money to practice virtue. And you can’t afford to delay virtue. Featuring Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam.

Christianity offends the pieties of a money economy by giving two great commandments: Thou Shalt Not Save Wantonly and Thou Shalt Spend Like God. Featuring Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam.

Jacob Imam and Marc Barnes speak with author Brandon McGinley about his new book, It Is Right and Just , co-authored with Scott Hahn and recently published by Emmaus Road Publishing.

Marc Barnes and Andrew Willard Jones posit Black Friday as a "Sabbath of Liberalism" and apply the ideas in William Cavanaugh's recent New Polity magazine article.

Marc Barnes and Jacob Imam discuss their recent article, The Perversion of the Priesthood .

Andrew Jones says that "the point of politics is virtue. To “do politics” is to engage in making other people virtuous, or it is not politics at all, but an evil or a farce masquerading in its name." In this podcast, Alex Plato and Jacob discuss virtue—what it is, who has it, and how to get it. In particular, they discuss the Thomistic versus Franciscan notions of pagan virtues to tie it back into...

Marc Barnes had a chance to sit down with  Patrick Coffin  to discuss the Church and the State, the upcoming election, Kanye vs. Trump, abortion, celebrities, and more.

The ancients tried to suppress their consciences, the moderns live by their unformed conscience, in between the two is the Christian conception, which Alex Plato and Jacob Imam discuss.

In which Jacob and Marc discuss how liberalism is founded on a bad reading of the book of Genesis, one that replaces God's abundant gifts to Adam with man-made scarcity.

In which Jacob and Marc join Alex Plato to discuss the crisis at the heart of American culture: the lack of ownership.

Jacob and Marc discuss the significance of "coins" and "fishes" in the Scriptures, the manner in which they refer to the papacy, and anticipate Jacob's new article for New Polity which describes Peter as a destroyer of gods.

In which Andrew Willard Jones and Marc Barnes discuss their recent article, What Abortion Means, adding a more detailed discussion on the failure of rights-language to effectively advance the cause of abortion abolition.

In which Andrew, Jacob, and Marc discuss how the ideologies of socialism and liberalism are only spread through the ideology of nationalism, the meaning of “nation” in the Bible, and why Jesus Christ was not a nationalist.