{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Progressive Christians Podcast","title":"Billionaires Shouldn't Exist - Here's Why","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b9e14677\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4738,"description":"What does the Bible say about billionaires and wealth accumulation? Quite a bit, actually! In this episode, we discuss economic inequality and the rising demand for wealth taxes, and explain why hoarding wealth is a sin and what Christians should do about it.\nDr. Carter is a fan of Gary Stevenson  @garyseconomics and his documentary \"How to Get Filthy Rich\" helped inspire this episode. During our conversation, we examined his economic arguments for a wealth tax before addressing the strongest theological and social counterarguments, including conservative interpretations of the Parable of the Talents, private property as a divine gift, and the question of whether wealth taxes even work.\nFrom James 5 to Jubilee to the California ballot box, loving our neighbors must include supporting policies that prevent wage theft and wealth hoarding.\nTimestamps: \n0:00 - Intro/ Cold Open\n4:30 - Sick Kids are WMD's \n7:09 - Hoarding Wealth Is A Sin\n19:46 - The Prosperity Gospel\n22:50 - Gary Stevenson Documentary\n32:37 - Why Do Working Class People\nDefend Billionaires?\n41:36 - Jubilee Exists Beyond The Bible\n45:08 - Proposed Wealth Taxes in the US & UK\n48:41 - Zakat (Muslim Economic Principles)\n53:46 - Responses To Common Theological Arguments Against Taxes\n1:10:00 - What Can Local Churches Do \n1:18:14 - Closing\n\nShow Notes:\n- Data center moratorium:  https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-becomes-first-state-impose-data-center-moratorium-2026-07-14/\n- Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate Bowler: https://garyseconomics.org/\n- This link is to Gary's YouTube page and his four-part (~1h45min) \"Understand The Economy\" course: ​​https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXuOBKrmFYbKytq9mkcd62sJPb6w12vpU&si=cAzbGDHpOuSF5-Go\n- Gabriele Zucman, French economist whose most recent book, We Need To Tax Billionaires,\" was released in May: https://gabriel-zucman.eu/\n- Our previous episode on the book Poverty, by America: https://youtu.be/W5o8x1OzATM\n- What is a jubilee?:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/y-Gf_09Rl-mTEgIh2HhENVexgw2OzV9Z0FUFpGUksFk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hOWQ5/MWZmMDdlYzc1OWM4/NjE0M2NlZWMzZTk2/YTA4YS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}