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Dale Anthony Pivarunas. Christian Economics
CHRISTIAN ECONOMICS
Table of Contents
Dedication
Introduction
Christian Economics
Origin of the Current Economic Crisis
Pricing
Interest, the Price of Money
The Distribution of Wealth
A Refocused Tax System
Redefining the Corporation
Raise the Minimum Wage to a Living Wage
Eliminate Unemployment
Minimize Under-Employment
Eliminate monopolies and oligopolies
The Relationship between Capital and Labor
Stock Markets
Imports, Outsourcing and the Economy
Home Ownership and the Mortgage and the Rental Industries
Corporations
US Foreign Policy and the US Economy
Spending by the US Government and the National Debt
War, Business, the Economy and Christianity
The Role of the Government within the Economy
Capitalism
The State of the US Economy
Economic Disaster by Design
The Principles of Christian Economics
The Good of All the People, the Objective of the Economy
Desired State
What is Capitalism?
The Little Red Hen
Origin and Historical Development of Inordinate Capitalism
The Dignity and Excellence of Labor
The Current Economic Crisis
Christian Economics
The Nation: A Community: One for All and All for One
True Patriotism and the Economy
The Balanced Distribution of Income and Wealth
The Economy and the Living Body Analogy
Basics of Christian Economics
What is the Purpose of the Economy?
Principle of Economic Self-Sufficiency
Investment—Yes! Speculation—No!
Property
Price Management Principles
Just Price Principles
Labor
Home Ownership
Contracts
Corporations
The Balanced Economy Principle
The Most Appropriate Economic System
Socialistic Capitalism or Capitalistic Socialism
Fixing the US Economy
Rebuilding the US manufacturing capacity
A Plan to Rebuild the US Economy—Phase 1
A Plan to Rebuild the US Economy—Phase 2
Economic Checks and Balances
Re-balancing Wealth, Income and Private Property
Re-Americanizing American Businesses
Who Can Solve this Crisis?
The People
Students
Unions
A New Political Party
Organized Religions
The Military, the CIA, the FBI and the Police
Blind Obedience and Blind Patriotism—Virtues or Vices?
Power Tends to Corrupt
The Role of the Leader
Musicians, Artists and Celebrities
Christian Family Economics
The List of Critical Actions
Conclusion
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The Integration of Capitalism, Socialism, and Laborism
Dale Anthony Pivarunas
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One of the greatest fallacies and errors of modern economic and political times is the concept of a corporation. This concept has been developed and promoted by the ruling elite of the United States: those very rich individuals who dominate and control the US economy and government. This concept defines a corporation as an artificial person (an oxymoron) with legal rights and privileges and whose owners are immune from liabilities associated with the corporation. This concept is wrong for many reasons some of which show the concept to actually be absurd. One might challenge the claim that the above notion of a corporation is absurd given that the government, academia, the media, and almost everyone accept this notion as true. A response to such a challenge involves the moral tale by Hans Christian Andersen called the “Emperor’s New Clothing.” In this tale, two tailors run a scam on the emperor where they promise to make the emperor a splendid new set of clothing but instead steal the expensive yarn which they were given to sew the clothing. These tailors did not make any new clothing for the emperor but made the claim that the clothing was invisible to anyone who was stupid or incompetent. The emperor, his royal court, and almost all of the people dared not to claim that he the emperor was walking around in his underwear because none of them wanted to be considered stupid or incompetent based on the marketing of the two scam artist tailors. This tale parallels the development and promotion of the modern concept of a corporation as an artificial person with rights and privileges and whose owners are immune from liabilities associated with the corporation. The people who have developed and promoted this concept are like the tailors in the story. The US economy and the government are like the emperor. And the academics, the media, the judiciary, and the vast majority of Americans are like the royal court and people in the story. While the concept of an artificial person is absurd, no one dares to say so lest they be called stupid, incompetent and uneducated.
Another absurd aspect of this notion of corporation has to do with the corporation owner’s immunity from liabilities associated with the corporation. The so-called owners of the corporation manage and direct the corporation. Because the owners want to maximize the profits of the corporations and because the corporation itself is amoral, the owners can and do often perform actions which impact the health and welfare of workers and consumers knowing that they are immune from the liabilities associated with such actions. Even though it is the deliberate actions of the owners which are the cause of the harm to the people affected, the laws hold them blameless. Unethical business practices, harmful drugs, dangerous or unsafe products and environmental pollution are some of the harmful actions which the owners of the corporation are immune from. Even though it is the action of the owner which causes the harm, the law considers the corporation not the owner as responsible. It is like a person with a glove who strikes another person and claims that it is the glove and not he who is responsible for the blow. The owner of the corporation is like the person wearing the glove and the glove is the corporation. It is truly absurd to consider the corporation defined as an artificial person to be responsible and liable rather than the owner even though the corporation cannot act on its own since it is inanimate and the actions of the corporation are in fact the actions of the owners. This safeguard from liability is the reason why the very rich developed and promoted this false notion of a corporation. These owners want the rights, privileges, and benefits of the corporation without the liabilities and responsibilities of the corporation. That is wrong. To purposely hide one’s actions behind the corporation to prevent liability for the consequences of those actions is wrong.
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