Are markets just? Answering this question requires examining three main features of the market economy: Institutions that provide for a system of well-defined and readily enforced property...
Editor’s Note: Last year, so many of you enjoyed learning this piece of little known American and Thanksgiving history we thought we’d share it again. We at IFWE...
Editor’s Note: Today we continue our series of excerpts from IFWE’s forthcoming book, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty. Today’s post continues Dr. Walter...
Is private ownership of property contrary to human nature? Since the “earth is the Lord’s” (Psalm 24:1), it would seem that humans have no right to own anything....
Did you know that private property has biblical roots? It does, though many people don’t realize it. Property is rooted in the grand story of the Bible. It...
It’s not a question of enough…It’s a zero-sum game. Somebody wins. Somebody loses. – Gordon Gecko, Wall Street This striking declaration from Gordon Gecko, Michael Douglas’ notorious character...
Ed. Note: this post is adapted from an op-ed appearing today in The Washington Post’s “On Faith” forum. Edward Winslow, a passenger on the Mayflower, when speaking of...
Today marks the last myth about Jubilee we’ll be covering as part of our series on the myths of Jubilee. Myth #5: Jubilee is a universally applicable principle...
Ed. Note: This post has been adapted from its original form. Read the full paper here. In recent posts, I’ve been exploring assumptions made about the Biblical practice...
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