Christian Economics: Scholar's Edition
I have finished my magnum opus: Volume 4 of Christian Economics. Here are PDFs of the indexed, typeset edition in two volumes:
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volumes 1-3 are here: https://www.garynorth.com/public/department180.cfm.
In the spring of 1960, I decided that I wanted to know what the Bible has to say about economics. I did not know that it would take me this long to get an answer. Maybe you are curious about the answer. If so, you have come to the right place.
I ask you to download the manuscript, print, read it, and send me corrections every time you finish a chapter. Send me the corrections (with page numbers) here: [email protected]. (If you are a site member, post the corrections on this forum.)
I'm also going to post the entire manuscript on this basis: one chapter every Saturday morning. This way, you can read it in bite-sized chunks. Maybe search engines will lead people to these chapters. I hope so.
I began writing this on January 20, 2018. I posted a report on this for my subscribers on January 23. It took me a year and a half to complete it.
I was motivated. I learned in June 2017 that I had stage III prostate cancer. I did not have time to waste. I am happy to report that, as of January 2019, there is no trace of my cancer. It may come back, but by the time it does, I expect to have Volume 4 typeset and indexed. I plan to give it away in PDF format. I hope also to sell it in printed format. I want to sell the series this way.
Part 1: Foundations Introduction to Part 1
Chapter 1: Presuppositions
Chapter 2: The Five-Point Covenant Model
Chapter 3: Value-Laden Economic Theory
Chapter 4: Epistemology
Chapter 5: Temporal Limits to Growth
Conclusion to Part 1Part 2: Categories
Introduction to Part 2
Chapter 6: Purpose
Chapter 7: Allocation
Chapter 8: Boundaries
Chapter 9: Imputation
Chapter 10: Inheritance
Conclusion to Part 2Part 3: Theory
Introduction to Part 3
Chapter 11: Trinitarian Ownership
Chapter 12: Initial Distribution
Chapter 13: Redistribution
Chapter 14: Scarcity and Costs
Chapter 15: Diminishing Returns
Chapter 16: Efficiency
Chapter 17: Exchange
Chapter 18: Economizing
Chapter 19: Protectionism
Chapter 20: Supply and Demand
Chapter 21: Service and Cooperation
Chapter 22: Competition
Chapter 23: Plan Reconciliation
Chapter 24: Money and Knowledge Chapter 25: Honest Money
Chapter 26: State-Issued Money
Chapter 27: Bank-Issued Money
Chapter 28: Markets and Discovery
Chapter 29: Predictability
Chapter 30: Time and Interest
Chapter 31: Land and Rent
Chapter 32: Labor and Wages
Chapter 33: Saving and Investment
Chapter 34: Credit and Debt
Chapter 35: Banking
Chapter 36: The Business Cycle
Chapter 37: Economic Growth
Chapter 38: Regulation
Chapter 39: Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks
Chapter 40: Economic Laws Chapter 41: Economics Is Not Physics Chapter 42: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
Conclusion to Part 3Part 4: Kingdom
Introduction to Part 4
Chapter 43: Kingdoms in Conflict
Chapter 44: Lord's Day
Chapter 45: The Tithe
Chapter 46: Charity
Chapter 47: Contentment
Chapter 48: The Calling
Chapter 49: Bride Price
Conclusion to Part 4Part 5: Misinterpretations
Introduction to Part 5
Chapter 50: The Prohibition of Interest
Chapter 51: The Jubilee Year
Chapter 52: Slavery
Conclusion to Part 5Part 6: State
Introduction to Part 6
Chapter 53: Justice
Chapter 54: National Defense
Chapter 55: Bureaucracy and Taxation
Chapter 56: Boundary Violations
Chapter 57: Public Utilities
Conclusion to Part 6Appendixes
Appendix A: From Reason to Intuition
Appendix B: The Pessimism of Cosmic Evolutionism