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The Moral Dimension of FEE
Dr. North is president of The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas. He was FEE’s director of seminars in the early 1970s and has served as a member of the board of trustees. “. . . man playing God is a prime evil, an evil seed that must grow to a destructive bloom, however [...]
1May1996 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedIs There a Right to Work?
Copyright 1995 by Gary North. Dr. North is president of The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, one of the most popular phrases among conservative Americans was “the right to work.” It was a code phrase for “anti-labor union laws.” This was recognized by both friends and foes [...]
1Sep1995 | Gary North | 1 comment | ContinuedVouchers: Politically Correct Money
Copyright © 1995. Dr. North is president of The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas. The standard argument in favor of school vouchers is that vouchers will restore lost parental authority over their children’s education. This argument reveals a failure to understand the crucial relationship between moral authority, legal authority, and economic authority, It [...]
1Jun1995 | Gary North | 1 comment | ContinuedShould Star Trek Be Regulated as a Monopoly?
Dr. North is president of The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas. The announcement in 1993 that Star Trek: The Next Generation would have only one more season of new shows was the equivalent of a photon torpedo blast into the lives of millions of fans. Well, maybe it was only a phaser set [...]
1Feb1995 | Gary North | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Politics of The Fair Share
Dr. North is president of The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York and former Harvard professor, has told the press not to blame Congress for spending too much money, since “we can’t do anything about it.” Don’t blame those who are leading the nation into a [...]
1Nov1993 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedPaying Bureaucracies to Run Amok
Dr. North is president of The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas. Before retiring from the U.S. Senate, William Proxmire used to give a monthly presentation, The Golden Fleece Award, to a spending project he thought wasteful and unproductive. The recipients of the award always defended their research as important to the national interest, [...]
1Aug1993 | Gary North | 1 comment | ContinuedEducational Vouchers: the Double Tax
© 1993 by Gary North. Dr. North is president of The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas. Last year the Bush administration, responding to pressure for choice in education, proposed the voucher system. “Specifically, the president’s proposal would give a $1,000 scholarship to every child of a middle- or low-income family in a participating [...]
1Feb1993 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedGrowing Toyotas, Manufacturing Soybeans
Gary North is president of the Institute for Christian Economics. (Des Moines, Iowa)—Jeremiah V. Jones, a farmer living in nearby Elkhart, thinks it will be a very good year. “The weather has been excellent. We ought to get a good crop.” This fall he planted Toyotas. “We rotate the crops, of course. In fall, we [...]
1Jan1993 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedTwo Kinds of Slums
Gary North is president of the Institute for Christian Economics. Back in 1980 I was invited to lecture to a group of people on a cruise ship tour of the Caribbean. I got a free trip on The Love Bloat. Food, food, food! I even got food for thought. Part of the trip involved a [...]
1Oct1992 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedPollution Control and Biblical Justice
© Gary North, 1985. Reprinted with permission from the December/January 1986 issue of Biblical Economics Today. Dr, North is President of the institute for Christian Economics. For a free six-month subscription to Biblical Economics Today, write Subscription Office, ICE, P O. Box 8000, Tyler, Texas 75711. If a man shall cause a [...]
1Sep1986 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedShould American Business Give Up Smoking
© Gary North, 1985. Gary North, Ph.D., is President of the Institute for Christian Economics. The ICE publishes s newsletter, Biblical Economics Today. A free six-month trial subscription is available by writing to Subscription Office, ICE, P.O. Box 8000, Tyler, Texas 75711. Over the past two years, the United States’ trade deficit has skyrocketed. This [...]
1Nov1985 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedCut-Throat Opportunities
©Gary North, 1982. Gary North, Ph.D., is President of the Institute for Christian Economics. The ICE publishes a newsletter, Biblical Economics Today. A free six-month trial subscription is available by writing to Subscription Office, ICE, P.O. Box 8000, Tyler, Texas 75711. “Cut-throat competition!” I suppose that when most people hear this phrase, they think of [...]
1Jun1982 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedTrickle-Down Economics
© Gary North, 1982. Gary North, Ph.D., is President of the Institute for Christian Economics. The ICE publishes s newsletter, Biblical Economics Today. A free six-month trail subscription is available by writing to Subscription Office, ICE, P.O. Box 8000, Ty1er, Texas 75711. “It’s kind of hard to sell ‘trickle-down,’” he [David Stockman] explained, “so the [...]
1May1982 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedScalping and Envy
Gary North, Ph.D., is President of the Institute for Christian Economics. The ICE publishes a newsletter, Biblical Economics Today. A free six-month trial subscription is available by writing to Subscription Office, ICE, P.O. Box 8000, Ty1er, Texas 75711. “Scalpers.” What a terrible-sounding word. It almost rivals “scab.” In each case, the detractors have singled out [...]
1Apr1982 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Moral Issue of Honest Money
© Gary North, 1982. Gary North, Ph.D., is President of the Institute for Christian Economics. The ICE publishes a newsletter, Biblical Economics Today. A free six-month trial subscription is available by writing to Subscription Office, ICE, P.O. Box 8000, Tyler, Texas 75711. Because of the nature of the economics profession—“guild” might be a better word—it [...]
1Feb1982 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedExploitation and Knowledge
© Gary North, 1982. Gary North, Ph.D., is President of the Institute for Christian Economics. The ICE pubIishes a newsletter, Biblical Economics Today. A free six-month trial subscription is available by writing to Subscription Office, ICE, P. O. Box 8000, Tyler, Texas 75711. The profit motive: Everyone knows that the free market economic system operates [...]
1Jan1982 | Gary North | 0 comments | ContinuedBuy American!
Every once in a while, I see a car bearing a bumper sticker, “Buy American.” From what I gather, it is a popular sticker in Michigan, especially in cities like Detroit and Pontiac. Whenever there is an economic recession, and the sales of American automobiles begin to slide, we can count on a television report [...]
1Jan1981 | Gary North | 0 comments | Continued-
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