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December 18, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Breaking down Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society with Amity Shlaes

On May 22nd, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson launched his program for a “Great Society” in a speech at the University of Michigan. “The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all,” Johnson began. Continue Reading...

December 18, 2019

Turning points in Catholic social teaching

In a recent Acton Line podcast I began by asking Father Robert Sirico the very large question, what is Catholic social teaching and why is it important today? He answered that the Church has always had a social teaching but that when we usually discuss Catholic social teaching today we begin with Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum. Continue Reading...

December 11, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Elizabeth Warren wants $3 trillion tax hike; Mark Hall on America’s Christian founding

Massachusetts Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has proposed to increase taxes for big businesses and high earners to rake in nearly $3 trillion per year. Warren plans to use this tax to fund spending in health care, education, and family benefits, and as a result, according to Warren, the economy would grow. Continue Reading...

December 11, 2019

Wilhelm Röpke on liberalism and Catholic social teaching

This week’s Acton Commentary, adapted from my preface to the newest Acton Institute publication The Humane Economist: A Wilhelm Röpke Reader, illustrates what makes Röpke such an interesting and vital economist: Röpke saw his project in holistic terms involving intersecting and interdependent spheres or orden that to be fully appreciated and understood scientifically must be examined in their economic, social, and moral dimensions. Continue Reading...

December 06, 2019

Worthwhile listening: Vladimir Putin, school choice, and Michael Card

As you relax or workout this week, you can take Acton’s issues – and even some of the people of Acton – with you. Two podcasts, produced on different sides of the Atlantic, would make ideal listening. Continue Reading...

December 04, 2019

Catholic social teaching is for all of life

Senator Marco Rubio’s interest in Catholic social teaching is exciting even if confused in its economic analysis and public policy recommendations. On the Acton Line Podcast released today I discuss with Fr. Continue Reading...

December 04, 2019

Acton Line podcast: Rev. Robert Sirico responds to Marco Rubio’s ‘common good capitalism’

Sen. Marco Rubio’s recent proposals for ‘common good capitalism’ have sparked much criticism and praise. Rubio draws heavily from Catholic Social Teaching in his defense of common good capitalism, describing an ideal economy for the common good characterized by dignified work and stability for working families. Continue Reading...

November 27, 2019

Acton Line podcast: The untold story of Stalin’s Ukrainian famine

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation recently released their annual poll for the year 2019, revealing that over one third of the millennial generation view communism favorably, 15% believing that the world would be “better off ” if the Soviet Union still existed. Continue Reading...

November 27, 2019

Marco Rubio’s ‘Common-Good Capitalism’ lacks sound economics

In this week’s Acton Commentary I examine Sen. Marco Rubio’s case for “Common-Good Capitalism”: Americans are searching for answers for the disintegration of the family, falling participation in religious and civic institutions, drug dependency, suicide, and economic dislocation. Continue Reading...

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...

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