Ep. 237 — Can We Learn about Economics from the Bible? with Professor Dave Arnott | Fireside Chat

hi everybody welcome to fireside chat number 237 now you might be wondering how for the first time in 237 of them did i know the number actually i knew it in number one as well now that i think of it uh the answer is i already asked megan the owner of the most famous arm in america anyway welcome to the fireside chat so i i do 52 of these a year my chance to talk to you completely spontaneously and take your questions and and it's it's a wonderful experience i hope for you and certainly it is for me on about six occasions a year so 46 it's just you and me or really i don't know if just gets me or i it's just you and i or just you and me uh i'm thinking out loud i love grammar which drives people crazy in any event uh about six times i have a very special guest if they're not special we figure it's better to stick to the old formula of just you and i or you and me and i do have one this time as well where we get a chance to have what they now call long-form interview dialogue interview with someone this is otto of course america's most famous dog and as i often tell you what has not gone through his head and by the way last week i was in chicago giving a speech and a lot of people came over you'll get a kick out of this came over with the auto tails book and asked that i sign it and i signed each one on behalf of otto dennis prager [Laughter] on occasion by the way you will get another bigger kick out of this and then of course i'll introduce you formally uh people have on occasion for whatever reason and i'm i'm totally honored by it they will ask me to uh sign their bible so i write this is where i got the auto idea i write on behalf of god dennis praker best wishes that is praying it seems a bit odd to autograph the bible like you're the author a lot of funny things happen in public life anyway my guest is professor dave arnett of the dallas baptist university a terrific university which we'll hear a little more about uh obviously during our dialogue he is a professor of management who teaches economics i got that right didn't i yes sir yes that's important his specialty i learned just about 20 minutes ago his original specialty was managing professional tennis players that's right correct that's right how many people know that no not veni yes including your students i suspect that exactly i think you should let them know i i i it could only enhance your credibility with them uh it's uh you've gotta i love people who have varied lives i've had a blessed life dentist really yeah well look uh i i wouldn't expect you to know but my view is that gratitude is the greatest of the traits so that that's the first thing you expressed on our uh our fireside chat is it speaks well of you so professor arnett teaches again management with teachers economics in the department of management at dbu dallas baptist university and his specialty is religion and economics and that's really why he's here because there is so much confusion we both believe uh with regard to religion specifically we're talking judeo-christian religions all all the all the different religions that come out of originally the old testament and of course the new testament and a lot of people think that religion teaches people to take views that are called socialist progressive left-wing whatever term you wish to use and i think it's a terrible misreading of the scriptures but this is really this man's field so welcome to the fireside chat thank you dennis pleasure to be with you and with otto thank you for right by the way i will add the first guest i've ever had taller than me that's right you know you must have this too though i'm six four you're six four and a half don't you have this it's weird to see somebody your height yes looking a person in the eye is unusual isn't it very odd for us yes i know there would be no way a normal person would know this but but yes it's very true [Laughter] so how did you get into this oh good thank you for the question and greetings from my president at dallas baptist university dr adam wright when he introduced you there he said dbu stands for god and country and he says that every time he's at a podium and you made an impact to our university so thanks for being thank you as a coincidence about five days after that ginger and i had in our home about 10 students who were members of the young americans for freedom and a couple of them had been with you right during the radio broadcast oh they were just going on and on about oh he was so interested in us and he was so personable and you made an impact so thank you that's very sweet of you to say thank you you're welcome to come back how did i get started in this wayne grudem oh your friend wayne grudem forgive me i i i'm not interrupting i'm just i'm just adding a very important little thing for those watching i consider him one of the luminous minds of our time big tech censorship continues to be a big challenge for prageru and it's more important than 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