American Demagoguery:

Mark Oppenheimer sheds some light on the so called "Christian Right" in a New York Times' column, "'Christian Economics' Meets the Antiunion Movement." It seems a character named Gary North has a strong influence on many of the far right's attitudes about something called "Christian economics."

As someone who has studied this matter for years, I can vouch for the fact that Christian economics can be stated in one short sentence: Give everything away to the poor. That's it, folks.

Oh, yeah, there is that part about rendering unto Caesar. Whatever anyone tells you about economics with a Christian label that doesn't fit within these quadrants …, well, he's lying. You'd better check your back pocket, because you can be sure you'll find his hand in it, and he ain't hardly poor, although he might be a Caesar wanna be.