Christian, Bible-based economic methodology[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_North_(economist)&action=edit§ion=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> ]
North has written that the "starting point for all economic analysis" lies in the fact that "God [has] cursed the earth" in Genesis 3:17–19; this "made scarcity an inescapable fact of man's existence".[20] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-:1-20> In his 1982 *Dominion Covenant: Genesis*, North wrote that mainstream modern economics, whether libertarian, conservative or liberal, is "in disintegration" because it is "humanist" in its approach and consequently rejects the notion that "biblical revelation" is necessary for sound economic theory. He also wrote that economics "must begin with the [Biblical] story of creation" if it is not to collapse into "total chaos". [21] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-garynorth-21> Proposed "Christian theocratic" political and social order[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_North_(economist)&action=edit§ion=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> ] A 2011 *New York Times* article identified North as a central figure in Christian Reconstructionism <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Reconstructionism>, the philosophy which advocates the institution of "a Christian theocracy under Old Testament law [as] the best form of government, and a radically libertarian one."[20] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-:1-20> North has written: "I certainly believe in biblical theocracy."[22] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-22>[23] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-23> The article also described North as "the leading proponent of 'Christian economics,' which applies biblical principles to economic issues and the free market." North supports the abolition of the fractional-reserve banking <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking> system and a return to the gold standard <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard>. According to the *Times*, North believes that the Bible forbids inflation, welfare programs, and also writes that "God would prefer gold money to paper".[20] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-:1-20> Range of capital offenses[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_North_(economist)&action=edit§ion=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> ] North favors capital punishment <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment> for a range of offenders, including murderers, blasphemers, children who curse their parents,[24] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-24> male homosexuals, and other people who commit some of the acts deemed capital offenses <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capital_crimes_in_the_Torah> in the Old Testament <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament>.[25] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-BD23-25>[26] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-26> (North believes that the death penalty for sabbath breaking and some other crimes no longer applies.[25] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-BD23-25>) North stated that the biblical admonition <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_and_homosexuality#Leviticus_18_and_20> to kill homosexuals in Leviticus is God's "law and its morally appropriate sanction", arguing that "God is indeed a homophobe" who "hates the practice [of homosexuality] and those who practice it" and "hates the sin and hates the sinner."[27] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-boundaries-27> North has said that capital punishment should be carried out by stoning <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning>, because it is the biblically approved method of execution and it is cheap due to the plentiful and convenient supply of stones.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-Clarkson-4> [28] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-28> Religious liberty[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_North_(economist)&action=edit§ion=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> ] North said: "We must use the doctrine of religious liberty to gain independence for Christian schools until we train up a generation of people who know that there is no religious neutrality, no neutral law, no neutral education, and no neutral civil government. Then they will get busy in constructing a Bible-based social, political and religious order which finally denies the religious liberty of the enemies of God."[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-Olson-3>[29] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-29> Adam C. English suggests that this quote implies that "religious liberty is a useful tool to Christians in the present, yet is ultimately to be denied to anyone who is not Christian once the Christians are in power".[30] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-30> English argues that although this may seem inconsistent (advocating religious liberty but denying the reality of the notion), North and his fellow Reconstructionists understand "liberty" in a theological sense. According to the Reconstructionists, "anyone outside of the Christian faith is in bondage," and so "government by rigorous theonomy is not oppressive but liberating".[31] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-31> Y2K[edit <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_North_(economist)&action=edit§ion=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> ] North was also a prominent promoter of the Y2K scare during the late 1990s, [32] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-32>[33] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-33>[34] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-34>[35] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-35>[36] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-36> earning him the nickname "Scary Gary."[37] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-37> His main Web site became dominated by links to extremist predictions for Y2K <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y2K> damage, including widespread collapse of governments, financial institutions and more. North declared on his home page that Y2K "may be the biggest problem that the modern world has ever faced" and labeled 2000 as "The Year the Earth Stands Still".[38] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#cite_note-38> Critics said the motivation for North's predictions was linked to his Christian Reconstructionist aims, which require widespread societal collapse to set the stage for a new theocratic order. North made the connection explicit in communications with fellow Reconstructionists: "The Y2K crisis is systemic. It cannot possibly be fixed. I think it will wipe out every national government in the West. Not just modify them—destroy them...That is what I have wanted all my adult life. 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