February 07, 2018
Posts by Joe Carter
February 07, 2018
Some solutions to moral hazard
February 06, 2018
What Christians should know about the Dow
Note: Almost four years ago, the Dow inspired me to start a series of posts explaining economic terms and concepts from a Christian perspective. It’s fitting then that the Dow is also motivation to relaunch this long dormant feature (over the past two days the Dow has suffered the worst point decline in history). Continue Reading...
February 05, 2018
What we get wrong about technology
When asked to think about how new inventions might shape the future, says economist Tim Hartford, our imaginations tend to leap to technologies that are sophisticated beyond comprehension. But the reality is that most influential new technologies are often humble and cheap and new inventions do not appear in isolation:
To understand how humble, cheap inventions have shaped today’s world, picture a Bible — specifically, a Gutenberg Bible from the 1450s. Continue Reading...
February 02, 2018
Unemployment as economic-spiritual indicator — January 2018 report
February 01, 2018
5 Facts about National Freedom Day
January 31, 2018
What would John Dewey do about automation?
January 31, 2018
The theory that helps explain today’s political divide
January 30, 2018
Why is the State of the Union always ‘strong’?
January 30, 2018