Long gone are the days of Roman aulae magnae packed with 300+ students attending a lectio magistralis or an international conference, as Acton organizes each year with extraordinary success at pontifical universities. Continue Reading...
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March 30, 2020
How to learn new skills in a challenging economy
People all around the world have embraced new responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some continue to work providing needed goods and services, while others are discovering new ways their work can meet those needs while they are physically distant from their colleagues and those whom they serve. Continue Reading...
March 30, 2020
How freer markets can help during the coronavirus crisis with Rev. Robert Sirico
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Rev. Robert Sirico, president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, shares thoughts on how reducing regulatory and tax burdens can help our struggling economy as we fight the virus. Continue Reading...
March 30, 2020
Thoughts from Rev. Robert Sirico during the coronavirus pandemic (Video 1)
During uncertain times, Rev. Robert Sirico, president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, offers his thoughts on human flourishing, subsidiarity, and more.
(This video was recorded and released on March 20, 2020.) Continue Reading...
March 29, 2020
The other ‘coronacrisis’: Are our free associations heading to the catacombs?
As alarm bells continue ringing for the coronavirus pandemic, governments have aggressively stepped up heavy-handed measures to flatten the curve of contagion – especially through forced social distancing. While surely beneficial to slow the pace of infection, such radical isolation has halted virtually all public gatherings and most private free associations at work, worship, school and private charities. Continue Reading...
March 27, 2020
10 ways businesses are helping you during coronavirus
As the combination of isolation and bad news about the coronavirus pandemic depresses Americans, it is vital to look for the silver lining. The good news is that businesses from coast to coast and around the world are performing good deeds, whether civic-minded or profit-driven, that are making people’s lives better. Continue Reading...
March 26, 2020
The most important truth in Cuomo and Trump’s ventilator dispute
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump are verbally sparring over who bears the blame for the state’s lack of ventilators, a crucial need for patients suffering from the coronavirus. Continue Reading...
March 26, 2020
New issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality (Vol. 22, No. 2)
The newest issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality is now live on our website here and in the mail to subscribers.
This issue includes an excellent lineup of scholarly articles ranging from Christian education, to private property in the early Church, to sixteenth-century political philosophy, to environmentalism, to the crisis of the public square. Continue Reading...
March 25, 2020
Acton Line podcast: A hopeful message in a time of crisis from Rev. Robert Sirico
In this episode, Acton’s President and Co-founder, Rev. Robert Sirico, offers some thoughts on what the role of the government should be during a crisis. When we’re confronted with unique crises, especially like the Coronavirus pandemic the world is facing now, there are justified government interventions. Continue Reading...
March 25, 2020
Lesser-known books by Wilhelm Röpke that you should read
With so many people around the world in moderate or full quarantines and lockdowns, many of them are turning to books to pass the time, ease their fears, or simply take advantage of an unexpected and involuntary opportunity to recharge their intellectual batteries. Continue Reading...
