The Acton Institute has posted a new translation as part of its ongoing outreach to the French-speaking world. The article, “La montée du communisme dans des habits catholiques,” describes efforts to use Catholic rhetoric to promote the same statist aims once advanced by the former Communist Party in Eastern Europe. Continue Reading...
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June 28, 2019
Economics and the social nature of the person
At the center of the economy are human persons.
Economics must first be a human discipline before it can be a technical one. One of the essential characteristics of the human person is that we are social beings. Continue Reading...
June 28, 2019
We don’t need primary debates, we need a prep school for potential presidents
June 27, 2019
Why ‘young hearts’ tend toward socialism (and how to win them back)
The common clichés about “kid socialists” are now well-embedded in the American imagination. The path is well-worn: young person attends college, reads Karl Marx in Sociology 101, buys Che Guevara t-shirt, attends progressive protests, supports socialistic candidates, and, eventually, grows up. Continue Reading...
June 27, 2019
Why presidential primary debates make us dumber
June 26, 2019
What does politics have to do with virtue?
One of the highlights of my summers working at the Acton Institute is leading discussions with our interns over major ideas, thinkers, and issues. This afternoon we had a spirited and thought provoking discussion about conservative critiques of liberalism. Continue Reading...
June 26, 2019
Compulsory vote and populism — an urgent problem in Latin America
In the United States there is a significant amount of criticism on the political left towards the Electoral College Voting System. The ones making this argument normally state that the “winning takes all” measure creates a bias against minorities, destroying the country’s popular vote. Continue Reading...
June 26, 2019
Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Change afoot in Uruguay’s elections?
Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, has lectured during two visits to Uruguay this year, and today in Forbes he presents an examination of various candidates and policies in the lead-up to the country’s presidential elections this October. Continue Reading...
June 26, 2019
Nisbet and Dalrymple on community, authority, function and tattoos
In his must-read book, The Quest for Community, Robert Nisbet discusses the relationship of community and authority.
Communities provide human connection and sense of belonging, but they also come with limitations. Continue Reading...
June 26, 2019
Acton Line podcast: Hong Kong’s freedom coming to an end? SCOTUS takes on regulatory state
Update (Aug. 6): Writing at The National Interest, Gordon C. Chang says “it’s now a revolution.”
In an especially tone-deaf press conference Monday, Lam, standing next to eight grim-faced ministers, made no further concessions, either symbolic or substantive, as she struck all the wrong notes if she was trying to calm the situation in her embattled city. Continue Reading...