Lawrence Reed, President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education (@feeonline), presents a biblical argument challenging the notion of Jesus as a socialist. Examining Jesus’s parables reveals themes that are more consistent with free-market principles than socialist ideals.
These teachings emphasize concepts such as property rights, the pursuit of profit, and voluntary charitable giving. While it may be an oversimplification to categorize Jesus’s teachings using modern economic terminology, the values expressed in the gospels seem to align more closely with free-market capitalism than with socialism.
