Acton Line

November 20, 2019

Acton Line podcast: How property rights save the planet

Panic surrounding climate change and the environment is on the rise and doomsday predictions abound. Most headlines about the environment only tell one story: that the environment is on the decline and that this decline is a result of economic development. Continue Reading...

November 13, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Are we all Keynesians now? Why Lord Acton matters today

In 1965, Milton Friedman was quoted by Time magazine for saying “We are all Keynesians now,” referring to how pervasive the thoughts of economist John Maynard Keynes had become in society and economics. Continue Reading...

November 06, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Liberation theology drives the Amazon synod; Remembering the Berlin Wall

On this episode, Acton’s Samuel Gregg joins the podcast to break down liberation theology, a Marxist movement that began in the 20th century and took root in the Catholic Church in Latin America. Continue Reading...

October 30, 2019

Acton Line podcast: The conversion of Kanye West; What Wilhelm Röpke has to say about our digital age

In just the first week of the release of Kanye West’s new explicitly Christian record “Jesus is King,” it’s outsold his previous album “Ye,” projected to sell 225-275k copies. In addition to comments regarding his conversion to Christianity, he’s dominated cultural conversation with increasingly conservative opinions, addressing everything from the importance of communities, to local churches and even in a recent interview, condemning abortion. Continue Reading...

October 23, 2019

Acton Line podcast: The morality of ‘Joker’; How Clarence Thomas is changing SCOTUS

The new super villain drama ‘Joker’ has shattered box office records and gained much controversial media attention along the way. Set to top $900 million worldwide, the dark film from director Todd Phillips and actor Joaquin Phoenix is already being heralded as the biggest R-rated movie ever. Continue Reading...

October 16, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Communist China dunks on NBA; Robert Doar on poverty in America

On October 4, Daryl Morey, manager of the Houston Rockets, posted a tweet that included the words “Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong.” Afterwards, China severed several partnerships they had with the Rockets in retaliation, leading Morey to delete his tweet and apologize for it and also prompting NBA commissioner Adam Silver to issue a statement declaring that the NBA does not regulate the speech of its players. Continue Reading...

October 09, 2019

Acton Line podcast special report: Churches and ministries at the front line of the opioid crisis

In 2017, a poll from NPR and Ipsos found that one in every three people in the U.S. has been affected by the opioid crisis in one way or another. One third of Americans know someone who has overdosed or know someone who is battling addiction — and the crisis hasn’t slowed down. Continue Reading...

October 02, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Is Catholicism at odds with the American experiment?

In 1995, Pope John Paul II spoke to a crowd in Baltimore, MD, saying, “Democracy cannot be sustained without a shared commitment to certain moral truths about the human person and human community. Continue Reading...

September 25, 2019

Acton Line rebroadcast: Alexis de Tocqueville’s enduring insights

Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy In America is renowned as one of the best examinations of early American society and politics, and remains one of the most insightful commentaries ever written on the practice of democracy in the United States. Continue Reading...