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June 26, 2024

An Economist’s Summer Reading List

It’s summer and you know what that means: it’s time to ice your latte or lemonade, head to the porch, and catch up on your reading. For those who’ve attended Acton University before, you know the staff curates an impressive collection of books for sale. Continue Reading...

June 21, 2021

Some very good reasons you should attend Acton University Online

“Should I or shouldn’t I do AU?” That is the question I have heard hundreds of times regarding attending Acton University Online 2021. More than 2,400 people have already made up their own minds and have registered to participate in our annual summer gathering of minds this coming June 23-24 (10:00 am-5:00 pm EDT) for a conference ranked the best international academic event hosted by think tanks that consistently defend the free economy. Continue Reading...

June 16, 2021

Crypto and Blockchain: A flash in the pan or something more?

Ever since the first Bitcoin was mined in January of 2009, we’ve seen an ever-growing interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain — the technology upon which Bitcoin is based. What are we to make of it all? Continue Reading...

November 01, 2019

Lord Acton on true liberalism

Early last month there was a great debate over the question “What is Liberalism?” on the Free Thoughts Podcast. The debate was between Helena Rosenblatt, professor of history at City University of New York and Daniel Klein, professor of economics at George Mason University. Continue Reading...

August 21, 2019

Video: Deltan Dallagnol on the fight against corruption in Brazil

On Thursday, June 20th, Acton welcomed Deltan Dallagnol to deliver an evening plenary address at Acton University 2019. A Harvard-trained attorney, Deltan Dallagnol gained international attention as the lead prosecutor in Operation Car Wash, one of the largest corruption probes in Latin American history. Continue Reading...

July 17, 2019

Video: Rev. Robert A. Sirico closes Acton University 2019

Acton University 2019 came to a close on June 21 with an address by Acton Institute President Rev. Robert A. Sirico, who urged participants to take what they had learned at the conference and put it to use in their day-to-day work. Continue Reading...

July 10, 2019

The amazing story of how Albanians helped American GIs escape to freedom

I was working at Acton University in June, helping speakers with their audio/visual needs in the lecture rooms, when I was approached by conference attendee I had never met before. His name was Clinton W. Continue Reading...

June 14, 2019

Philip K. Dick, Lord Acton, and the nineteenth century that never ended

The American science fiction author Philip K. Dick was a strange guy. In addition to being a prolific author of many science fiction classics like The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Continue Reading...

April 22, 2019

Malaysian High Court upholds ban on Mustafa Akyol’s ‘Islam without Extremes’

The Malaysian High Court has upheld the previous Malaysian government’s ban on three books including Mustafa Akyol’s ‘Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty’. Akyol is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, where he focuses on public policy, Islam, and modernity. Continue Reading...

January 23, 2019

Venezuelans march for freedom

In 1982, Venezuela was the richest major economy in Latin America. Now, it’s the most dangerous country in the world, behind Afghanistan and war torn South Sudan. This is socialism. Continue Reading...

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