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The numbers game: Has the middle class made any economic progress?

December 13, 2017 • by Joseph Sunde

The numbers game: Has the middle class made any economic progress?

In the Age of Information, we face an overwhelming barrage of high-minded studies and reports that claim to offer the final word on this or that. As it relates to matters of economic policy, we are pressed to lend ever increasing amounts of trust to the power of statistical analysis and the reliability of research from a variety of academics and economic planners and soothsayers. Continue Reading...

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December 13, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Samuel Gregg on Röpke and Keynes; Upstream on Rolling Stone magazine

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Dylan Pahman, Research Fellow and Managing Editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality at Acton, speaks with Samuel Gregg, Director of Research at Acton, about the prolific economists Wilhelm Röpke and John Maynard Keynes, who they are, what they did, and why we should care. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2017

Who really benefits from Poland’s Sunday shopping ban?

Poland may soon ban shopping on Sundays. On Friday, November 24, the lower house of the Polish legislature (the Sejm) approved a Sunday shopping ban, 254-156. The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) Party has presented this as a way to uphold the nation’s Catholic character, but some on the ground warn there is more to the commerce ban than meets the eye. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2017

The cost of Twelve Days of Christmas: $34,558.65

If you’ve been stuck at the mall listening to a song about ten Lords a-Leaping and eight Maids a-Milking you can blame the Jesuits. Rumor has it they invented the Twelve Days of Christmas song as a catechism in code for persecuted Catholics in 16th-century England. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2017

Acton Institute seeks to recognize doctoral students through Novak Award

The Acton Institute is now accepting applications for the 2018 Novak Award. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2018 and the nomination requirement has been removed. The award, named after distinguished American theologian Michael Novak, is open to current doctoral candidates or those who have received a doctorate in the past five years. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2017

Public goods and asteroid defense

Note: This is post #60 in a weekly video series on basic microeconomics. While the probability of an asteroid hitting the planet is very low, its effect would be disastrous for all of us. Continue Reading...

December 11, 2017

C.S. Lewis and Brexit: Breaking the spell

Despite his work as an apologist and essayist of the highest order, C.S. Lewis’ most famous work is the Chronicles of Narnia. The Silver Chair, the fourth novel published in the series, provides a good framework to understand the state of the European Union, writes Stephen F. Continue Reading...

December 11, 2017

How automation could transform the labor force over the next decade

Over the next decade, automation will increase, changing the nature of the way we work. While this will lead to more jobs in the long-run it could also lead to an occupational shift on a scale not seen since the transition of the labor force out of agriculture in the early 1900s in the United States and Europe. Continue Reading...

December 08, 2017

‘Brexit breakthrough’: What you need to know about the new UK-EU report

After frenetic all-night talks, the UK prime minister and the president of the EU announced early Friday morning that the first round of Brexit talks had made “sufficient progress” to go forward. Continue Reading...

December 08, 2017

Unemployment as economic-spiritual indicator — November 2017 report

Series Note: Jobs are one of the most important aspects of a morally functioning economy. They help us serve the needs of our neighbors and lead to human flourishing both for the individual and for communities. Continue Reading...

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The numbers game: Has the middle class made any economic progress?

The numbers game: Has the middle class made any economic progress?

Latest Posts

Radio Free Acton: Samuel Gregg on Röpke and Keynes; Upstream on Rolling Stone magazine

Who really benefits from Poland’s Sunday shopping ban?

The cost of Twelve Days of Christmas: $34,558.65

Acton Institute seeks to recognize doctoral students through Novak Award

Public goods and asteroid defense

C.S. Lewis and Brexit: Breaking the spell

How automation could transform the labor force over the next decade

‘Brexit breakthrough’: What you need to know about the new UK-EU report

Unemployment as economic-spiritual indicator — November 2017 report

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