corruption

May 08, 2024

Happy Birthday, Harry Truman

It happens in many careers. A person with a “Do not steal” moral standard enters an organization where, it seems, everyone steals. What then? Most of us have heard of Harry S. Continue Reading...

August 21, 2021

Afghanistan I fought for lacks foundation for freedom

I deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. Eleven years later, I watched the Taliban devastate all the progress we fought for. Afghanistan’s chaos and the Taliban’s return to power is heartbreaking and maddening. Continue Reading...

August 11, 2020

What’s behind the Beirut explosion? Corruption ‘greater than the state’

On Monday, the Lebanese government resigned. Public pressure on the government had been relentless in the wake of two devastating explosions on the afternoon of August 4 at the port in the nation’s capital city, Beirut. Continue Reading...

January 08, 2020

Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Corruption, not globalization, is to blame for poverty

When discussing globalization, advocates of the free economy usually start by stressing the large number of people who have risen out of extreme poverty in the last three decades. This period of poverty reduction showed a parallel growth in globalization. Continue Reading...

October 02, 2019

Government funds bring corruption to Mayberry

Front Royal, Virginia, is just 70 miles from Washington, D.C., by road but a million miles away by culture. One resident described the town, which bills itself as “the northern gateway way to the Shenandoah Valley,” as “sort of like Mayberry.” Continue Reading...

July 27, 2018

Foreign aid fraud concerns ‘valid,’ says UK chief

The man who oversees the UK’s foreign aid budget says that public concerns about fraud, abuse, and futility associated with international development programs are “valid.” And he plans to fight those perceptions by launching an evangelistic campaign on behalf of the government. Continue Reading...

June 14, 2018

Daniel Hannan explains why the EU is a hive of corruption

Two paths confront someone faced with an unwanted reality: reform or denial. With a report set to expose persistently high levels of corruption among its member states, the EU chose the latter option, its critics say. Continue Reading...

April 11, 2017

The responsibility of entrepreneurs for a flourishing, just society

Embed from Getty Images During a recent trip to Chile, Acton’s Samuel Gregg spoke to Diario Financiero about the rights and responsibilities of entrepreneurs. Business’ contributions to the well-being of society are enormous, but explaining the good they do can be a challenge. Continue Reading...

December 13, 2016

Basta! Explaining why Italy stood united against constitutional reform

Just as Acton concluded its ‘Reclaiming the West: Freedom and Responsibility‘conference series in London on Dec. 1, Italy was getting ready to decide its own fate among troubled Western democracies. On Dec. Continue Reading...

April 29, 2016

Bruce Wayne and the Tragedy of Ineffective Compassion

A few weeks ago in connection with Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, I looked at Lex Luthor as the would-be crony capitalist über Alles, and pointed to Bruce Wayne along with Senator Finch as the economic and political counterpoints to such corruption, respectively. Continue Reading...

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