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March 07, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Philip Booth on what’s missing from Laudato Si’; Upstream with jazz legend Norma Winstone

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Rev. Ben Johnson, Senior Editor at Acton, speaks with Philip Booth, Professor at St. Mary’s University in the UK about what’s missing from the 2015 Papal Encyclical: Laudato Si’. Continue Reading...

February 21, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Philip Booth on Catholic Social Teaching in China; Jay Richards on technology and work

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Rev. Ben Johnson, Senior Editor at Acton, speaks with Philip Booth, Professor of Finance, Public Policy and Ethics, St. Mary’s University in the UK, about Catholic Social Teaching in China. Continue Reading...

January 29, 2018

Preventing the next Carillion: Philip Booth

The UK has been transfixed by the collapse of Carillion, a construction company which, at the time of its collapse, employed 43,000 employees (20,000 in the UK) and was contracted to carry out 450 projects for the UK government. Continue Reading...

March 23, 2011

Philip Booth: Solidarity, Charity and Government Aid

The Catholic Church has long been one of the most insistent voices concerning the obligation of wealthy nations to assist less developed nations. Philip Booth, author of the new Acton monograph International Aid and Integral Human Development, looks at this tradition and finds that the Church’s endorsement of aid is highly qualified — a positive sign of increasing awareness that old methods of development assistance may not be as helpful as previously thought. Continue Reading...

September 18, 2017

Booth: This reform would improve the ecological, and human, environment

To be good citizens, faithful people must examine policies’ results, not just their intentions. One overly intrusive environmentalist policy alone has prevented the poor from accessing adequate housing and, ironically, reduced the diversity of the environment. Continue Reading...

January 13, 2020

Hayek, Catholic social teaching, and social justice

Last week David Deaval, Visiting Professor at the University of St. Thomas and 2013 Novak Award winner, wrote a very thoughtful essay on Fredrich Hayek, the question of social justice, and Catholic social teaching at the Imaginative Conservative. Continue Reading...

July 31, 2019

Is Pete Buttigieg right that opposing a $15 minimum wage ‘taunts’ God?

Are those who oppose raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour transgressing the Scripture and mocking the Lord God Almighty? One might get that impression from watching Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, when one of the participants explicitly made that argument. Continue Reading...

July 31, 2019

Acton Line podcast: The reality of a $15 minimum wage; Should big tech be regulated?

On July 18, the Raise the Wage Act passed the U.S House of Representatives, a bill that would double federal minimum wage by 2025. Members of Congress who support the bill believe it will increase pay for 27 million workers and lift over one million people out of poverty, but those opposed to the bill say it would cause millions more to lose their jobs. Continue Reading...

June 14, 2019

The BBC scraps free TV for the elderly: A lesson from Boxer in ‘Animal Farm’

The BBC is renowned for its educational programming, but its most valuable lesson is being presented on a global stage right now. The BBC is facing backlash for doing away with a universal beneft for the elderly and, in the process, teaching an audience of millions how government programs really work. Continue Reading...

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