John D. Rockefeller was the richest man… maybe ever. His Standard Oil Company swallowed up the...
Economics and Faith
S2:E34 Leverage: How Wealthy Christians Use Money to Change the Church
John D. Rockefeller was a shrewd businessman. Even to the point of breaking the law to get what he...
S3:E29 Marketing Christian Libertarianism
Those Ten Commandments monuments that we fight over? Many of them were placed there as part of a marketing campaign for one of the highest grossing films of all time.
S4:E4 The Johnson County War
How a group of wealthy cattle barons murdered with impunity and the help of a sitting president....
S4:E5 Conservation Easements
How the ultra-wealthy use government funds to finance their backyards Some of the wealthiest...
S4:E6 Is It A Sin to Be Wealthy?
What the richest town in the United States can teach us about the rich young ruler and the...
S5:E7 The Gold Standard
What is the Gold Standard? There was a time not so long ago when the value of an ounce of gold...
S5:E8 The Gold Standard and the Great Depression
How the gold standard made the Great Depression much worse The Great Depression. Some say that it...
S6:E16 How the Wealthy Dodge Taxes (w/Pro Publica’s Jesse Eisinger)
Jesse Eisinger on why the ultra-wealthy barely pay any tax at all How do ultra-wealthy people...
S6:E23 Milton Friedman vs. John Maynard Keynes
Give to help Chris make Truce Is Laissez-faire really fair? Milton Friedman may be the most famous...
S6:E24 Milton Friedman and School Choice
Milton Friedman advocated for school vouchers Milton Friedman is one of the most important...
S6:E26 The Failure of Supply-Side Economics
Arthur Laffer creates trickle-down economics. And it doesn't work. Gerald Ford's administration...