Joshua Gregor is International Relations Assistant at the Acton Institute. Before coming to Acton he received a BA in philosophy from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome and an MA in linguistics from Indiana University.
Posts by Joshua Gregor
March 08, 2019
Today Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, offered further thoughts on the current crisis in Venezuela in an article published by
Law & Liberty. His piece paints a general picture of major figures and their roles in the situation, as well as international actions and efforts in response to it.
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February 28, 2019
Taking inspiration from a recent CNN town hall which featured Bernie Sanders, Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, offers some pointers in
Forbes on how to argue against socialism. Such arguments can’t be reduced to slogans or simple black-and-white characterizations, and we should be wary of underestimating our opponents or demonizing their motives.
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February 25, 2019
This past weekend in
Forbes, Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, offered some perspectives on the current situation in Venezuela. Basing his analysis on traditional principles of justice, he outlines some important points to keep in mind in any project of transitioning from socialism to a more just political and economic model.
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February 20, 2019
No one event prompted me to write about this topic—it is a general, and certainly growing, impression. But a glance at various happenings in recent years gives some indication of what I want to comment on.
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February 20, 2019
Yesterday in
Forbes, Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, weighed in on Jair Bolsonaro’s new administration in Brazil. Bolsonaro’s coalition includes people of many different backgrounds and ideas, and collaboration among them will be key for the administration’s success.
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February 12, 2019
Though certainly not well known in North America, Juan Bautista Alberdi is a towering figure in the history of Argentina. He was a major influence on the Argentine constitution and was an intellectual force in 19th-century South America.
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February 05, 2019
Last week the Think Tank and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania released their 2018 think tank rankings. These results rank think tanks both overall and by category, with various classifications according to geography, policy focus, and so on.
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January 18, 2019
“Most urgently of all,” asked George Weigel in
The Cube and the Cathedral, “why is Europe committing demographic suicide?” Weigel’s book was published almost fifteen years ago, but his question on Europe’s infertility is as urgent as ever—even more urgent now, in fact.
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January 09, 2019
Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, describes in
Forbes how a good businessman ought to be first a good man. The principles that guided François Michelin apply not only in business but also in personal life.
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January 03, 2019
John Locke is well-known as a philosopher. Perhaps less well-known, though, are the religious convictions that underlie many of his ideas. Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, recently published an article in
Forbes describing the influence of Locke’s Christianity on his views of the human person.
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