Excerpt From The Interview

“As Kuyper says, ‘Every square inch God claims is His.’ But we are entrusted and are allowed to manage it as though it is our own. The goal here is not to leave something as you found it, but to leave it in a better shape than you found it. That involves investment, that involves work. It involves the kinds of things that we see in various numbers of parables that Jesus tells about. The kingdom of heaven is like the master who leaves talents with his servants and the two that get rewarded were the ones who went and invested them and earned more. 

The master punished the one that preserved. So that all descends from the concept of private property. Don’t get caught up in the idea that socialism sounds lovely. Lots of things on paper sound lovely. The practical reality is it’s not what God ordered and it’s not how society works. And there’s a reason that any place you go where true socialism has been tried ends up being a disaster.”

About Dr. Brian Baugus

Dr. Brian Baugus is an associate professor of economics at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA where he has been on faculty since 2012. He holds doctorate and master’s degrees in economics from George Mason University and an MBA in finance from Vanderbilt University. He earned his bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College. 

His research interests are in entrepreneurship, development economics and public choice (economics applied to politics). He is the author of two books and more than a dozen academic articles and several popular press articles. Dr. Baugus leads an entrepreneurship training program to train future entrepreneurs in Africa and has lectured in Uganda, Malawi, Ghana, and Tanzania. He is an associate scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute and has had affiliations with the Mercatus Center, The Institute for Faith Work and Economics and the Government Accountability Institute. 

He is the founding faculty member of the Regent University Investment Club and the Regent University Summer in London Program. Before becoming a full-time academic Dr. Baugus worked as a management consultant, as a budget analyst for the Maryland Legislature, in several campaigns and ran for local office. He lives in the Tidewater area of Virginia with Ildiko, his wife of 31 years with whom he has four adult children, three of whom live on the family property, along with over 200 animals.

Links Mentioned

A Biblical Path For a Prosperous Society by Dr. Brian Baugus

An Economic Theory of Homeschooling by Dr. Brian Baugus

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