Faithful Economy

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We believe that the pressing moral, theological, and economic questions of our time warrant deep exploration. This show features interviews with thoughtful scholars working at this intersection. The podcast is produced by the Association of Christian Economists. It is hosted by Steven McMullen, Associate Professor of Economics at Hope College and Editor of the journal Faith & Economics. Find out more at christianeconomists.org. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/faithfuleconomy/support

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Enoch Hill on Jubilee and Economic Justice

Nov 18 2021 60 mins

This episode features another segment from the ACE panel on economic justice from the 2021 ASSA meetings. We start by hearing Enoch Hill’s presentation about the economic justice lessons that can be drawn from the Jubilee prescriptions from the Old Testament. Then I interview Enoch about his presentation and we dig into the arguments he raises. Along the way, we discuss the degre

Daniel Finn on Four Myths Concerning Taxation and Government Spending

Sep 01 2021 44 mins

This episode is the second in our series on economic justice, this time featuring Daniel Finn. We start with a recording of Dan’s presentation from our January panel, in which we asked four scholars to respond to the prompt: “What Does a Christian Vision for Economic Justice Require of United States Policy Regarding Taxation and Government Spending?” Dan’s response is also

John Anderson on Justice in Public Finance

Aug 05 2021 56 mins

In January 2021 at the ASSA meetings the Association of Christian Economists hosted two academic sessions. One of those was a panel of theologians and economists, all tasked with answering the following question: “What does a Christian Vision for Economic Justice Require of United States Policy Regarding Taxation and Government Spending?” The four participants were John Anderso

Ngina Chiteji on the Criminal Justice System

Jul 14 2021 62 mins

This episode is an interview of Ngina Chiteji, an associate professor of economics at NYU. She does research on wealth and savings, crime, and inequality. She is on the editorial board of the Review of Black Political Economy, and co-editor of a volume on wealth accumulation in communities of color. In it we discuss criminal justice reform and mass incarceration, with special atten

Rob Tatum on Eschatology and Economic Policy

Feb 10 2021 51 mins

This episode features a conversation with Rob Tatum, an economist that has been doing some interesting writing about theology and economic policy. The paper we discuss in some detail here recently came out in the new Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion. The title of the article is “To What Ends for Theology-Oriented Economic Policymaking.” The article is available for f

ACE Event: The Promise And Limits of Economics

Jan 13 2021 59 mins

On January 9th, the American Enterprise Institute’s Initiative on Faith and Public Life hosted their annual retreat for faculty. This year the theme was a question: "What would a truly humane economy look like in the United States?" The retreat was cosponsored with the Association of Christian Economists. There were some great conversations over the day, some of which will show u

End of the Year Book Recommendations with Jamin Hübner

Dec 30 2020 77 mins

In this final episode of 2020, we decided to do a retrospective episode about the best recently published books we had read this year. I am joined by Jamin Hübner, a friend, scholar, and voracious reader who has regularly writes book reviews for Faith & Economics. Over the course of our conversation, we take turns recommending books and talking about the big ideas in them. We

ACE Event: Edd Noell on Smith and the Scholastics on the Morality of Markets

Dec 16 2020 34 mins

This episode features a lecture given by economist and historian Edd Noell titled “Smith and the Scholastic Tradition on Markets and Their Moral Rationale.” This lecture was part of a session on new thinking about Adam Smith jointly sponsored by the Association of Christian Economists and the History of Economics Society at the ASSA meetings almost a year ago in San Diego. Econ

ACE Event: Paul Oslington on Adam Smith's Economics of Religion

Dec 02 2020 36 mins

This week we have a recording of a lecture delivered at the 2020 ASSA meetings in San Diego. At that conference, the association of Christian economists sponsored two sessions, and the one I will highlight here was a series of talks on Adam Smith and religion. The session was co-sponsored by the History of Economics Society. In this episode, I will share the lecture by Paul Oslingt

Denise Daniels on Christian Higher Education

Nov 18 2020 60 mins

This episode features Denise Daniels from Wheaton college talking about Christian Higher education. The impetus for this conversation was a paper that she published with Caleb Henry and Bradley Jensen Murg in the Journal of Markets and Morality. Their thesis is that the current demographic and economic challenges that face Christian liberal arts colleges can push institutions towar