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John SheltonFeaturedEconomics and Business

On John Locke and His Woke Catholic Critics | Mere Orthodoxy

Far from being the ideological progenitor of all that plagues contemporary economic thinking, John Locke actually echoes Thomas and anticipates Marx.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEconomics and Business

Little Platoons and the Market - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In his response to Andrew Strain, Joe Carter noted that one of Strain’s problems is the assumption that “some other people—rather than those directly engaged in the market activity—should decide what is best for those involved.” Well, yes—at least in […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedEconomics and Business

Young Christians and the Specter of Socialism

Though socialism may not be quite the right word, there is an undeniable interest in left wing economic views amongst many younger orthodox Christians.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEconomics and BusinessEvangelicalism

The Business of Evangelicalism: Notes on Gloege's "Guaranteed Pure"

Tim Gloege's book "Guaranteed Pure" is an essential study of evangelical history and a penetrating analysis of how business norms shaped the movement.

Hannah AndersonFeaturedEconomics and BusinessCurrent Politics

Dreaming Better Dreams: The Home, Marketplace, and American Dream

Separating the place of work from the place of one's home has had a devastating effect on both. Hannah Anderson explains why in today's essay.

Guest WriterEconomics and Business

The Christian Statesman and the Gospel to the Poor | Mere Orthodoxy

As part of an ongoing series, Dylan Pahman presents a classical liberal perspective on the Christian statesman's responsibilities to the poor.

Jake MeadorFamilyEconomics and BusinessEvangelicalism

Our Impoverished Imaginations: The World of Jen Hatmaker

Jen Hatmaker's recently announced shift on the question of homosexuality is entirely predictable if you understand the principles that shape her work.

Guest WriterEconomics and BusinessCurrent Politics

Global Economies, Immigration, and Precarious Places

So far as it goes, protecting places by managing the flow of immigrants makes sense, but it drastically understates how globalization complicates the issue.

Jake MeadorEconomics and Business

When Writers Become Brands No One Wins

As traditional structures for financing journalistic work fail, we cannot only ask how to pay for journalism, we must also ask how we to train journalists.

Jake MeadorEconomics and Business

Gender, Home Economies, and the Church, Ctd.

Today we're picking up a few leftover strands from yesterday's piece on complementarianism, evangelicalism, and home economies.

Charlie ClarkEconomics and Business

5 Theses on Christians and Political Economy

There are five basic principles that should shape and define our approach as Christians to the question of political economy.

Brad LittlejohnEconomics and BusinessEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Evangelicalism After Trump: Revisiting Economics

The rise of Donald Trump provides an opportunity for evangelicals to return to more basic questions, such as the right ordering of political economies.