Greetings, parish orphans and retrogrades. Today, I have a special show for you with Father Robert Serico of the Acton Institute. He's been on this show a couple times before. And your appearance, father, is special today because its book ends from the beginning perspective. The campaign you're going to be doing for this book, which comes out May the 10th,

2022.

It's called the Economics of the Parables.

And I am really excited for this one.

Welcome back to Rules for Retrogrades.

Thank you.

It's good to be back with you.

Thank you.

You know from past conversations we've had, I think the first time you ever came on the show,

it was called Kathmin Gov Week, Catholic Minimum Government Minarchy Week.

And, you know, I was probably most excited about interviewing you, though.

It was six really good interviews.

You know that I'm curious about the economics of the parables.

I'm curious that the left-leaning church

never deals with this topic of the two talents, which I've used this thing for 15 years

as a counter example to the idea that Christ hates the notion of investment. It's like, well, he's admonishing it for an opening shot,

a big opening shot.

Could you explain to us whether or not, as a matter of fact,

Jesus meant what he said when he told us

the principle of the two talents?

Well, let me start off by saying,

I try to inoculate the reader right at the beginning

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