Apostles & Markets » St. Matthew http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com Christianity and Economics Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:19:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Economists on Health Financing Reform http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/03/19/economists-on-health-financing-reform/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/03/19/economists-on-health-financing-reform/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:11:38 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=1284
According to today’s Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics blog, economists are of two minds on the health financing reform bill now before Congress. President Obama produced a letter that claimed the reform measures will slow the growth of health care spending. Among the signatories of this letter are Alan Blinder, Kenneth Arrow, and Eric Maskin, a [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/03/19/economists-on-health-financing-reform/feed/ 0 Governed by Emotion http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/20/government-by-emotion/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/20/government-by-emotion/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:47:40 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=972
By a vote of 328-93, the US House of Representatives ignored the U.S. Constitution and allowed their emotions to guide their decisions. The House measure places a 90% tax rate on bonuses received by managers at AIG and other bailed out firms. The problem is this emotionalism is illegal. Remember bills of attainder from civics class? [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/20/government-by-emotion/feed/ 0 Taxation Burns Artist http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/11/18/taxes-and-paintings/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/11/18/taxes-and-paintings/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:26:06 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=412
Here is an example of unintended (and very sad) consequences of tax policy. While visiting the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun art gallery in Tucson, Arizona, I copied down this quote from a book by the artist DeGrazia. It refers to the effects of an inefficient tax policy that interfered with the decision-making and behavior [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/11/18/taxes-and-paintings/feed/ 0 The Things That Are Caesar’s http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/the-things-that-are-caesars/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/the-things-that-are-caesars/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:21:48 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=150
The St. Matthew lesson explores Biblical passages on taxes, Catholic perspectives on taxation and the role of government, and the economics of ad valorem taxes and tariff welfare analysis. ]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/the-things-that-are-caesars/feed/ 0