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We shouldn’t salvage Marx. This statement may sound like good, old-fashioned common sense. His ideas, adopted by some of the most vicious central planners in history, have led...
Have you ever heard the argument that Jesus was a socialist? I have, often. As I’ve studied the economics of income redistribution, many of my colleagues in secular...
Ismael Hernandez is the founder and executive director of the Freedom & Virtue Institute. He is an ex-Marxist Leninist from Puerto Rico. His father was a founding member...
Why have societies like the Soviet Union or present-day Zimbabwe led to so much human suffering? One foundational reason for the collapse of so many of these countries...
Individualism means tyranny. Baptist theologian Walter Rauschenbusch famously preached these words in Christian opposition to the evils of capitalism and big business. Of course, the opposite is true:...
In a recent Townhall article, Grove City College political science professor Dr. Paul Kengor described an alarming interaction he had with one of his students: [He] told me...
Ed. Note: This post has been adapted from its original form. Read the full paper here. Today we conclude a discussion on Acts 2-5 and socialism by reviewing...
Ed. Note: This post has been adapted from its original form. Read the full paper here. We’ve been looking at whether or not the early church in Acts...
Ed. Note: This post has been adapted from its original form. Read the full paper here. We’re further exploring whether the generosity exhibited by the early Christians in...
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