Ideas Have Consequences America's Christian Roots, Communism, & the Polish Resistance | Lawrence W. Reed
Can a free society survive when its people lose the character required to sustain freedom? And what happens when a nation forgets the very ideas that made it free in the first place?
Economist and historian Lawrence W. Reed joins us to explore the ideas that shaped the United States, the worldview behind Marxism and socialism, and why personal character may be the most important defense of liberty.
Drawing from his book Born of Ideas, Reed traces the Christian convictions behind the American founding, from the Mayflower Compact to the Bill of Rights, and explores how the Protestant Reformation shaped ideas about God-given rights, limited government, and resistance to tyranny.
Reed also takes us behind the Iron Curtain, sharing his firsthand experience supporting Poland’s resistance movement during the Cold War and witnessing the realities of communism.
We close by examining Marxism and socialism as competing worldviews and asking what they get wrong about human nature, responsibility, envy, and freedom. Ultimately, Reed argues that liberty cannot survive without character, and rebuilding a free society starts with individuals, families, and churches. If we want to bless our nation, we need to disciple our nation.
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🎙️Featured Guest:
Lawrence W. (“Larry”) Reed became president of Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in 2008 after serving as chairman of its board of trustees in the 1990s and both writing and speaking for FEE since the late 1970s. Prior to becoming FEE’s president, he served for 21 years as president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan. He also taught economics full-time from 1977 to 1984 at Northwood University in Michigan and chaired its department of economics from 1982 to 1984.
A champion for liberty, Reed has authored nearly 2,000 newspaper columns and articles and dozens of articles in magazines and journals in the United States and abroad. He has visited 87 countries.
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👉 Book: Born of Ideas: How Principles, Faith, and Courage Forged America: Reed, Lawrence
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