December 02, 2013
September 30, 2013
Video: Justice Scalia on Capitalism, Socialism, and Christian Virtue
September 05, 2013
10 Perils of Prosperity
August 29, 2013
Maximizing labor, minimizing wages
For this week’s Acton Commentary, ahead of Labor Day weekend, I write about “working harder and smarter,” lessons we can learn from Ashton Kutcher and Mike Rowe.
One of the implications of connecting hard work with smart work is that the difficulty of work on its own does not determine its value in the marketplace. Continue Reading...
August 13, 2013
Work, Wages, and the Art of Executive Stewardship
August 09, 2013
The McDouble and the Minimum Wage
June 25, 2013
Perfect Equality and Extreme Despotism
June 19, 2013
Sweden’s Riots, ‘Good Socialism,’ and the Importance of Earned Success
June 11, 2013
Schmemann on Socialism
Man’s nature is to reject it, because it can only be thrust on people by force. The most fallen possession is closer to God’s design for man than malicious egalitarianism. Possession is what God gave me (which I usually (mis)use selfishly and sinfully), whereas equality is what government and society give me, and they give me something that does not belong to them. Continue Reading...
May 20, 2013