Christian economics

Evangelicals interpreted the mental anguish of poverty and debt, and the physical agony of hunger or cold, as natural spurs to prick the conscience of sinners. They believed that the suffering of the poor would provoke remorse, reflection, and ultimately the conversion that would change their fate. Christian economics can refer to a combination of theology and economics that attempts to biblically justify a strict laissez-faire free market system, which, in a way, makes it the opposite of liberation theology. Defined differently Christian economics is closer to liberation theology and argues that Jesus valued the poor, also Christians have a duty to share what they have.

Right wing Christian economics
Right wing Christian economics usually draws on Dominionist theology with a side order of Austrian school economics and other libertarian economic thought. Its leading proponent in the United States is probably Gary North, who founded the Institute for Christian Economics (ICE). While organizations such as the Foundation for Economic Education and the Ludwig von Mises Institute aren't dedicated to Christian economics, they have published numerous works by North and his followers.

It is assumed that the poor are at fault for being unproductive, when examples are given of poor people who are not at fault, (American people who became unexpectedly sick with medical costs beyond what their insurance covers, Third World poor people etc) the Religious Right claims these poor people are, "Not our responsibility".

The Bible was written roughly between 6 thousand and 2 thousand years ago so inevitably not everything in the bible suits the modern world. When a modern tax or other institution helps poor people at the expense of rich people Right wing proponents of Christian economics declare that unbiblical. Modern institutions that favour rich people are not similarly condemned even if there is no biblical foundation.

Large goverrnment
Never one to pass up trying to piggyback onto an existing theme, Lyndon LaRouche also uses the term and has even written a book: The Science of Christian Economics. LaRouche's meaning is very different from that of Gary North, in that LaRouche claims to promote a Hamiltonian and Rooseveltian "American system" of economics, typically involving central banking and large government-funded infrastructure projects.