Opinion Editorials

Robert E. Brooks maintains a Substack publication providing weekly essays on a wide variety of topics at the intersection of the Christian worldview and finance. Please consider subscribing (always free):
https://robertebrooks.substack.org

The following are selected essays relevant to Biblically Responsible Investing (chronological order).

08/12/2025: The Way of Capital: Seeing the Marketplace Through Biblical Lenses
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/the-way-of-capital-seeing-the-marketplace

09/02/2025: Expense Ratios and BRI Fund Performance
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/expense-ratios-and-bri-fund-performance

09/16/2025: Expense Ratios and BRI Fund Active Risk
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/expense-ratios-and-bri-fund-active

09/30/2025: Informationally Efficient but Morally Inefficient Markets
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/informationally-efficient-but-morally

04/14/2026: Hope for the Biblically Responsible Investing Public Funds Market
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/hope-for-the-biblically-responsible

05/05/2026 Providence and Financial Selection
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/providence-and-financial-selection

06/02/2026: When the Investment Scoreboard Talks
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/when-the-investment-scoreboard-talks

06/23/2026: A Chicken Walks into Economics… and Breaks the Model
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/a-chicken-walks-into-economics-and

07/07/2026 The Priesthood of the Portfolio?
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/the-priesthood-of-the-portfolio

08/11/2026 How Much Is Enough?
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/how-much-is-enough

09/01/2026: BRI Needs Its Vanguard Moment
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/p/bri-needs-its-vanguard-moment

Published Op-Eds and Other Testimonies:

“It Takes A Voluntary Village,” National Review, (July 28, 2021), online edition, https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/it-takes-a-voluntary-village/. Accepted in July 2021.

“Restoring the Crumbling Foundations of Corporate America,” National Review, (May 7, 2021), online edition, https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/restoring-the-crumbling-foundations-of-corporate-america/.

Invited Testifying Witness, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on Municipal Finance, July 20, 2012. Webcast and written testimony available at http://financialservices.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=303098.

Panelist, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Municipal Finance Field Hearing, July 29, 2011. Served on two panels: Distressed Communities and Derivatives Use in Municipal Finance. Transcripts are available at http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/municipalsecurities/munifieldhearing072911-transcript.txt and opening remarks available at http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/municipalsecurities/statements072911.htm.