Jerry Bowyer

Pennsylvania

Host of the new podcast Meeting of Minds, author of "The Maker Versus the Takers," Contributor @wngdotorg. Former columnist @Forbes.com.

Articles

Will the Trump tariffs work? A word of caution

2 months ago | wng.org | Jerry Bowyer

Economist Thomas Sowell is reported to have said that “social engineering is the art of replacing what works with what sounds good.” That about sums up the debate in America about tariffs. It sounds good to side with America against foreigners. It feels good, too. But that’s not what trade wars actually do. They actually force the government to side with some Americans over other Americans.
Open for business

Mar 19, 2025 | wng.org | Jerry Bowyer

Christian conservatives and corporate America have spent a rough several years going through a messy divorce. Maybe it started when Salesforce lived up to its name by forcing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to abandon support for a state-level version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Maybe it was Target’s decision to engage in a same-sex affair with activist groups whose demands started with bathroom privileges, moved on to book banning, and eventually to merch partnerships with a trans Satanist.
Forbidden fruit

Feb 18, 2025 | wng.org | Jerry Bowyer

We are currently in the early stage of the annual shareholder meeting season, with both Apple and John Deere putting ballots before shareholders. Christians have generally been unaware of the authority they hold as shareholders to force change in companies rather than just complain about them. Just as citizens have a right to elect (or not) representatives in government and to vote on ballot questions, so shareholders have rights with respect to the companies they own. The left knows that.
Walmart rolls back leftism

Dec 3, 2024 | wng.org | Jerry Bowyer

The cascade of consumer companies with conservative customer bases turning against trendy left-wing causes is very encouraging, but we have not seen the end of the fight. Tractor Supply, John Deere, Black & Decker, and Harley-Davidson were low-hanging fruit. They were targeted for action precisely because of the misalignment between what was coming out of headquarters and what the customers thought was so extreme. I should know. I helped select a few of the companies to focus on.
The wall is crumbling, but we are not done yet

Oct 15, 2024 | wng.org | Jerry Bowyer

In June 2019, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., delivered a prescient speech in which he coined the phrase “the dictatorship of woke capital,” which was picked up by Steve Soukup as the title of his thorough and thoughtful history of the phenomenon. In the speech, Cotton argued that left-wing activists were using corporations to enforce social outcomes that did not get support in the electoral process.
Ep. 133: How to Think Biblically About the Economy with Jerry Bowyer

Sep 17, 2024 | washingtonstand.com | Joseph Backholm |Jerry Bowyer

PODCAST September 17, 2024 55 minJoseph BackholmJerry BowyerIt is safe to say that many Americans are concerned about the economy but are not sure what would help turn it around. Host Joseph Backholm is joined by Jerry Bowyer, an investment manager, author, and economy expert, to offer guidance on how Christians can think biblically about the economy. First things first, what does the Bible say about the economy? How did certain economic situations affect Jesus’ preaching and teachings?
Reports of our job growth greatly exaggerated

Aug 27, 2024 | wng.org | Jerry Bowyer

Last week, the Department of Labor revised its previous reports about job growth in the United States by a whopping 818,000 jobs. Of course, it’s natural to treat the overcounting of that many jobs as an intentional deception to help reelect the incumbent party. But not so fast. If that were the case, would not the puppet masters in the deep state have been smart enough to wait to reveal this information until sometime after the election?
The bottom line of selling mifepristone

Aug 21, 2024 | pregnancyhelpnews.com | Jerry Bowyer

Share this: | Despite current pressure to sell abortion pills, retailers will have greater benefits in the long run if they resist Editor's note: The following is the transcript of the August 20, 2024, broadcast of The World and Everything in It from WORLD Radio, hosted by Mryna Brown and Nick Eicher.
A message to businesses: Don’t kill your customers

Aug 14, 2024 | wng.org | Jerry Bowyer

Last week, I joined a coalition of investors and asset managers who sent a letter urging Costco, Walmart, Kroger, and other pharmacies to think long and hard before caving in to pressure tactics urging them to sell the abortion drug mifepristone. Chief among the pressure groups is New York City’s pension plan and its comptroller, Brad Lander, who has been using the assets of the city’s pensioners to cajole the companies to sell the controversial and risky pill.
Deere in the headlights

Aug 7, 2024 | wng.org | Jerry Bowyer

It’s nice when a social cascade goes our way. It seems that when cultural dominoes start falling, those dominoes are boundary stones marking the fixed truths of the creation order, being knocked over by the secular revolutionaries. But right now, the revolution that took control of publicly traded corporations is being not just slowed or stayed, but in some cases reversed. Case in point, Tractor Supply and John Deere.