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January 24, 2018

Study: How minimum wage increases hurt consumers and the poor

In surveying the damage caused by arbitrary increases to the minimum wage, our attention is typically drawn to stunted job growth among low-skilled workers or tragic tales of shuttered businesses. But are there other deleterious effects beyond those felt in business and the labor market? Continue Reading...

September 14, 2017

Development vs. thuggery: How foreign aid hinders local business

The foreign aid movement has largely failed the global poor, promoting top-down solutions at the expense of bottom-up enterprises and institutions, as Acton’s widely acclaimed documentary, Poverty, Inc., and PovertyCure film series detail at length. Continue Reading...

July 19, 2017

Video: Paul Bonicelli talks Venezuela’s socialist failure on Fox Business

Acton Director of Programs and Education Paul Bonicelli appeared on yesterday’s edition of Making Money with Charles Payne on Fox Business Network, and spent some time talking about the current dire condition of Venezuela, and the socialist experiment that got the country there. Continue Reading...

July 07, 2017

Opening the American city: Toward a new urban agenda

In the mid-20th-century, American cities suffered a wave of violent crime and poverty, due in part to shifts in the economy and public policy, as well as mass suburbanization. Yet in recent decades, those same cities are experiencing somewhat of a renewal. Continue Reading...

May 10, 2017

Development malpractice: When failure in ‘doing good’ is worse than ‘doing nothing’

What happens when governments, NGOs, charities, and churches all converge in scurried attempts to alleviate global poverty, whether through wealth transfers or other top-down, systematic solutions? As films like PovertyCure and Poverty, Inc. Continue Reading...

May 05, 2017

How free trade creates economic and moral bonds

In our discussions about free trade, it can be easy to focus only on short-term disruptions or long-term material gains, using either to argue for or against it on behalf of the poor. Continue Reading...

April 26, 2017

Audio: Victor Claar on whether Trump’s budget is un-Christian

On Saturday, Victor Claar, Professor of Economics at Henderson State University and Affiliate Scholar at the Acton Institute, joins host Julie Roys and Jenny Eaton Dyer of Hope Through Healing Hands on Moody Radio’s Up For Debate to discuss how Christians should respond to President Trump’s first budget proposal, especially as it relates to proposed cuts in US foreign aid. Continue Reading...

April 12, 2017

What Christians can learn from Utah’s economic success

How do we move closer to ending poverty and expanding opportunity in America? Does a single solution or road map even exist? In a widely cited study, the Brookings Institute’s Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins famously argued that at least one predictable path is evident. Continue Reading...

April 11, 2017

Why the rule of law matters for human flourishing

In our efforts to reduce poverty, spur economic growth, and cultivate the conditions for human flourishing, the conversation can quickly be consumed with debates over material wealth and the allocation of physical resources. Continue Reading...

February 01, 2017

Video: Rudy Carrasco on how enterprise transforms communities

After growing up in poverty in East Los Angeles, Rudy Carrasco dedicated his adult life to pursuing “effective compassion” among those in need, working in urban ministry and investing heavily in poor communities. Continue Reading...

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