American Enterprise Publications

welcome to American Enterprise Publications, the home of biblically based, free market books on economics and constitutionally based limited civil government. We have been publishing books on biblically based, free market economics for over 32 years.If the American people of today can be said to be guilty of one sin, it is the national sin of idolatry. Americans have been seduced into looking to the civil government for solutions to all their problems. In short, we have made civil government into a secular god! Thus, God has cursed us with an ever-growing centralized, autocratic political power in Washington, D.C., as well as in our 50 State capitols. The rise of totalitarian civil government in America during the last 100 years is reminiscent of the godless rulers whom God imposed as a judgment on the nation of Old Testament Israel more than 2,500 years ago.

Our publications explain the principles of godly freedom and self-responsibility by applying biblical principles to economic exchange, to civil government, and to America's social institutions. Our publications show the outworking of free-market based economics in society.

The question arises, "How can sinful man live in peace and harmony with other sinful individuals?" Don't we need a powerful civil government to keep sinful individuals from harming each other? The answer is no! The answer lies in the nature of voluntary free-market exchange, which is the very bargaining process through which each individual seeks to maximize his or her own welfare. As long as civil government is restricted to its biblically mandated role of punishing wrongdoers, rather than transferring wealth from one set of pockets to another through "legalized theft," the system of voluntary free-market exchange will flourish to the benefit of all concerned. In summary, biblically based principles naturally produce true free-market economic exchange which benefits all who take part in the voluntary process.

It is our conviction that all the hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge, even those of the sciences, can be sought most successfully and profitably only if the seeker constantly keeps his eyes focused on the Person of Jesus Christ. Thus, we don't hesitate to take a biblical approach in our study of economic science and practice.