Dollar Signs of the Times: A Commonsense Guide to Securing Our Economic Future

by R.C. Sproul Jr.

Book Overview

Americans are obsessed with money, yet understand little of the workings of economics. Worst yet is the fact that what we think we know is just plain wrong. Politicians and special interest groups... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801083729
• ISBN13: 9780801083723
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10

Customer Reviews

Great Information , especially for this time.

This book is great for giving us understanding of how our Government works. How our "leaders" are destroying this country and most people have no clue. A must read for those who care about their families future and the future of this country.

Immensely Helpful Book!

This is essentially the first book I've read on economics. Not counting my high school textbook (which I highly doubt I ever read seriously and which I'm certain I remember nothing from). This was an outstanding book and helpful in a myriad of ways. Dr. Sproul's breakdown of the five essentials to a prosperous economy was so easily understood that I was able to share most of it with my children at dinner each night. 1. Production 2. Tools 3. Surplus Capital 4. Profit 5. Prosperity Take out or tamper with any of these five and it's only a matter of time before something goes horribly wrong. Yes, a capitalistic free-market is often plagued with greed. But it's still the best system and socialistic, Marxist, communistic systems are doomed no matter how loud they claim to help the poor or the worker. No man-made system will be perfect, because man's involved. But capitalism CAN work while other systems CAN'T work. I can't say much more than the other +reviewers here and they have expressed my sentiments exactly. If you've never read anything on economics, get this book. It's a perfect introduction as well as a way to be exposed to other great resources and theories (Adam Smith's work, Keynesian theory, Austrian economics, etc) Highly, HIGHLY recommend!

Good place to start

This is an excellent introduction to economics. Not overly technical for those who are just wading into the water of this vast subject.

Biblical Economics: A Review

Biblical Economics is a must read for any Christian. In this book, Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. has declared that the Bible is emphatic about a particular view of economics. The author argues that Biblical economics is beneficial to all of society. Its primary intention is not to bury the poor in a sea of debt, but to give the poor an opportunity to reap the benefits of mass production. R.C. does not treat the Bible as a textbook for every single economic decision we will make, but he does see it as useful for understanding economic issues. Christians are called to build a "social order that reflects the glory of God." This is only possible in a society where citizens are both productive and aware of God's law-word. The book avoids radical approaches to economics; for instance, radical materialism and radical spiritualism. In avoiding the isms, exploring the Biblical view of economics can turn into a God-honoring exercise. Filled with an optimism of God's work of redeeming this world, R.C. writes that: "Redemption, in the full biblical sense of the word, is both physical and spiritual." This Kuyperian dynamic is found throughout the book. The world according to God is created as "very good." The fall cannot hold back what God has intended to accomplish through Christ, and that is the restoration of civilization under King Jesus. But what does a society look like under biblical economics? Nations prosper because profit leads to surplus capital and that leads to tools and that leads to production. When this pattern is seen "the common man is allowed to have luxuries once owned only by nobles." Beyond that, the "poor reaps the benefits of mass production." The Puritan work ethic is at the center of this biblical understanding of economics. It is this reviewer's opinion that America still reaps the benefits of our forefather's commitment to working ethically as Christian citizens in the land. Modern Christians are afraid of the idea of profit. They believe that it does harm to the little guy, but in reality profit gives the possibility for the little guy to build wealth. Government's role in welfarism has only led to catastrophic decline. The government seeks to regulate what the Bible gives no authority to regulate. Wealth and welfare are responsibilities of the family and the church. When the bureaucratic agencies interfere in businesses it only hinders progress. Sproul spends much time articulating on the real culprit of inflation: The government through the fiat printing of money. This book, written over a decade ago, is even more pertinent today in light of the gangster-type mentality of the present Federal Reserve banking system. The more the Federal Reserve goes on denying the real source of this economic recession, the longer it will take to recover. The final chapters of the book focus on a biblical definition of poverty. All Christians speak of poverty, but rarely do they define it. Poverty is not an absolute term; there are different kinds

WHY THE OBAMA'S PLANS WILL SPELL DISASTER!!!

I have studied Macro and Micro Economics since high school and graduated with an MBA (with honors). As well as I know economics, I've never seen anything that so simply explains how economics works in such a practical, easy to understand way. * Explains the Natural Laws of Free Market and how they work most effectively given both the good and bad sides of human nature. *Explains how reasonable, LOW taxes actually places MORE money in government coffers. * Explains how wealth and prosperity for ALL of us is created (and destroyed). * Reminds us of the "Rule of Law" established by the Founders in our US Constitution to protect the wealth of ALL hard working Americans and how that it has been supplanted by the "Rule of Men" to undermine our democracy and gives the government the license to steal on behalf of those who do not wish to work or compete in the open market. * Demonstrates how currency works and how our own politicians continually devalue the cash you work so hard for (INFLATION is a tax not caused by greedy Wall Street Tycoons and evil speculators, but by politicians who create reckless deficits and print fiat money to pay them off). *Outlines the limits the Constitution imposes on the federal government and how the violation of those limits is stealing wealth from *Provides recommendations as to how we can turn back the tide.... IF it's not too late! Using fear to scare the American public into a "stimulus" package, the present administration is taking us down the same road as Germany during the early 1930s (when it took a wheel barrow full of Deutschemarks to buy a loaf of bread) and Robert Mugabe's present day Zimbabwe.