{"id":1093,"date":"2011-07-12T05:38:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T09:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godonomics\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2011-07-08T11:33:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T15:33:53","slug":"why-donkeys-and-elephants-dont-have-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godonomics\/2011\/07\/why-donkeys-and-elephants-dont-have-solutions.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Donkeys and Elephants Don&#8217;t Have Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to love watching The Muppet Show. My favorite characters were those two guys up in the balcony who argued and critiqued the show. \u00a0 Anyone remember their names? \u00a0 \u00a0They were not part of the stage show, but they always had plenty to say.<\/p>\n<p>Today, as our economics play is performed, it seems that there is an elephant and donkey muppet up in the &#8220;special seats&#8221; finger pointing at why the show is going well.\u00a0 The real question we must ask is, &#8220;Who wrote the script for the show?&#8221; \u00a0 Economics may seem boring and unimportant until you can&#8217;t get a job, see gas going up, and see your savings lost.\u00a0 One creative team made economics both understandable and fun. \u00a0 They reveal the two opposing writers of economic scripts: A man named John Maynard Keynes and\u00a0Friedrich\u00a0August von\u00a0Hayek<em>.\u00a0 <\/em>These two men developed theories and\u00a0philosophies\u00a0about money, freedom, and government that have shaped (or not shaped) our decisions for the past 100 years.\u00a0 When you compare the assumptions and principles that govern these two theories, one lines up much more closely than the other to the Bible. \u00a0One is lesser known and rarely tried.\u00a0 The other is celebrated and championed &#8211; despite its continual failures.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d0nERTFo-Sk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Austrian economics is much more aligned to the Bible&#8217;s teaching on money. It emphasizes production, profit, freedom, individual rights, and the role of saving and capital. Here is a radio interview where I answer economic questions from a Biblical perspective.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godonomics.com\" target=\"_blank\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bill Cunningham part 1 of 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2A1UG20fAEM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, check out:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godonomics.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.godonomics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[bcvideo vid=&#8221;812528414001&#8243; pid=&#8221;96582452001&#8243; height=&#8221;410&#8243; width=&#8221;480&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to love watching The Muppet Show. 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Today, as our economics play is performed, it seems&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,85,68,73,58],"tags":[303,301,304,302],"class_list":["post-1093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capitalismsocialism","category-debt","category-governmentpolitics","category-inflation","category-liberty","tag-austrian-economics","tag-biblical-principles-on-money","tag-hayek-and-jesus","tag-the-bible-and-economics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Donkeys and Elephants Don&#039;t Have Solutions - Godonomics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godonomics\/2011\/07\/why-donkeys-and-elephants-dont-have-solutions.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Donkeys and Elephants Don&#039;t Have Solutions - Godonomics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I used to love watching The Muppet Show. 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