Anna Kelly

Anna Kelly, a graduate of Aquinas College, is a part of the Acton Institute's Programs & Education team where she works on program outreach and alumni initiatives.

Posts by Anna Kelly

February 20, 2018

How entrepreneurship transforms a village

As we were walking down the street of a small village within Barahona in the Dominican Republic, we met a woman living in a humble home with her family. She had constructed a metal box out of scraps found discarded near her village, Algodon. Continue Reading...

December 29, 2017

After tax plan passage, corporations offer glimpse of who will benefit

When it comes to tax policy, opponents of corporate tax cuts often say that cuts will only help those at the top: that the wealthiest employees will receive large bonuses while middle managers and those at the bottom will remain at the same wage levels, thus increasing the wage gap. Continue Reading...

October 31, 2017

China’s ‘Social Credit System’: When dystopian fiction becomes reality

Growing up, I was fascinated with authors such as Ayn Rand, Aldous Huxley, Lois Lowry, George Orwell, and others who developed dystopian worlds through their writing. Reading their works was a fun way to explore the extremes that our society would never become. Continue Reading...

August 08, 2017

Solving for inefficiencies: Why a law firm is hiring social workers

Growing up on the east side of Michigan, I still remember the jingle for the law offices of Sam Bernstein. How could I not? The commercials were everywhere and so were the faces of him and, later on, his children who joined the law firm. Continue Reading...