Edward Trancik

Edward Trancik is an Intern at the Acton Institute and a student of Economics at Hillsdale College.

Posts by Edward Trancik

April 15, 2016

A Papal Revolution

This year marks the 125th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum and the beginning of the modern Catholic social encyclical tradition. In this landmark text, Leo courageously set out to examine the “new things” of his time, especially the changes associated with the Industrial Revolution. Continue Reading...

July 23, 2014

Who Pays for Detroit’s Water?

As I was poring over the morning news the other day, it seemed to me that every few days there is another water crisis somewhere; whether it’s California’s drought, or more recently the controversial decision in which the Detroit water companies shut off the water supply to over 15,000 customers. Continue Reading...

July 14, 2014

Will Free Markets Bring Religious Freedom to China?

Japan and Australia recently signed and passed a trade agreement that abolishes or reduces some tariffs on their highest grossing trade items: beef and dairy from Australia and electronics from Japan. Continue Reading...