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If you want to know what’s wrong with Bernie Sanders’ economics, start here.

If Christians voted in terms of what the Bible teaches about economics, Sanders would not have a chance politically. But Christians don’t understand what the Bible teaches about economics. They don’t understand that the welfare state is based on this revised commandment: “Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.”

Christian Economics in One Lesson is a training manual for Christians who are concerned about the leftward drift of American politics. It’s not just Sanders. It’s millions of millennials who want to see him elected. They will still be around after he is gone. They will vote.

Christians had better start teaching their children the basics of Christian economics. The public schools are not about to do it. This book is ideal as a textbook for Christian homeschool families. Any homeschooled teenager can understand it.

Is it worth a few dollars to teach your children the basics of Christian economics?

If you sense that something is seriously wrong with Sanders’ economic views, but you just can’t put it into words, this book will teach you how to put it into words. You will never again be tongue-tied when you try to defend the free market. You will be able to explain why socialism can’t work . . . and not just socialism – the whole welfare state system of high taxes and business regulation.

Is this worth a few dollars to you?

The book’s title is based on an earlier book, Henry Hazlitt’s 1946 defense of free-market economics, Economics in One Lesson. It has sold over 700,000 copies.

In 1971, Hazlitt took 29-year-old Gary North under his wing. North was just beginning his career as a financial commentator, historian, and pioneering scholar of what the Bible teaches about economics. Hazlitt encouraged him. He gave him advice based on half a century of experience as a financial commentator.

Now it is North’s turn to be a mentor. As with Hazlitt in 1971, he has been writing professionally for over half a century. He has written over 50 books and over 2,000 articles.

The Bible teaches what Hazlitt taught regarding the free market. Yet until he met North, Hazlitt had not heard about the connection between the Bible and his own free-market economic theory.

North has now taken Hazlitt’s classic book and has rewritten its 24 chapters in terms of what the Bible teaches about economics: same conclusions, but from a biblical approach. Every chapter begins with a Bible passage and an analysis of the passage.

Hazlitt’s target audience in 1946 was the business community. North’s targets are church members who are concerned about the drift of American politics towards socialism. Chapter by chapter, he shows how the Bible defends private property and voluntary exchange.

North shows that the United States government is headed for what he calls the Great Default. The government is not going to be able to make payments to all of the old people who are dependent on Social Security and Medicare. He shows that Hazlitt’s warning in 1946 was not taken seriously. It is still not taken seriously. Yet the present value of the unfunded liabilities of the federal government are now in excess of $200 trillion. These are off-budget obligations that cannot possibly be met by the taxpayers. The government will default.

You can read this book in a few hours. It will provide you with the intellectual ammunition you need to answer anyone who says that Jesus was either a socialist reformer or a defender of the welfare state. He wasn’t. Neither were Moses and the prophets.

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Gary North received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. He served on the Senior Staff of the Foundation for Economic Education, in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, and is the president of the Institute for Christian Economics. Dr. North’s essays and reviews have appeared in three dozen magazines and journals, including The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The AmericanSpectator, and others.

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E. Ortiz

What Economics in One Lesson Should Be

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020

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Gary North improves on Henry Hazlitt's masterpiece by combining the value of free markets with Christian ethics. This is needed especially today when Socialism is trying to make a comeback.

The biggest problem with the pro-free market stance is using the neutral value-free argument and relying only on utilitarian reasons of why free markets work. However, it is not enough for the irrational and illogical who rely only ad hominems and government schooling.

However, Dr. North solves this problem by combining the value of Christian morality into free market ideology. Therefore, concluding that not only free markets is logical but also moral. It also strengthens the argument for private property rights.

As for the book itself, it is easy to read and you can follow the logic from beginning to end just like Henry Hazlitt's book. My only complaint is that it is not formatted in the Paperwhite version. The Kindle Fires and the smartphone version of the Kindle app works fine.

This is a must read for Christians who also believe that free markets and private property rights are complementary to Christian morals.

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F. Gappa

Christian Academician

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2020

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Gary North writes with clarity. He is the most thoroughly studied Christian economist in the world.

Too often academicians leave God’s Word at Church and pursue their studies as if it had no relevance. North’s simultaneous commitment to Scripture and his field of expertise (economics) is admirable and will serve both God and mankind as a result.

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Ron

Dr. North writes both deeply and with clarity.

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2020

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I always have to digest his stuff against my fundamentalist background. It takes me a while. He is in the same league as RC Sproul and like a rowboat bumping a battleship he doesn't seem to have much effect until you look back at the whole journey. Presently I am making my way through his "Tools of Dominion". God bless you Gary North.

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Constance L.

Why the government has such a poor record at "fixing problems."

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2020

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I have enjoyed Gary North's thinking and writing for about 25 years. He has so much insight on the Bible and also on economics.

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Jon Dykstra

A good introductory book for the Christian perspective on economics

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2020

This is the go-to economic book that I would give to Christians trying to get an introduction to the field. I appreciated this in print, and am really glad it is now available for Kindle.

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Mike Murphree

Biblically Misguided

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2020

This is what you get when you impose a secular ideology of greed and self-interest on the Bible.

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Alexander OConnor

A holy trinity 3-fer

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2020

A holy trinity 3-fer, mis-represents the Bible, Christianity, and economics.

If you want to be mis-informed about all 3 read this book.

If not, avoid.

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