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There is a paradox when it comes to profits, says economist Arnold Kling: while the profits that accrue to any given individual may be unjust, the profit system itself is necessary in order to have a modern, progressive society. Continue Reading...

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November 28, 2017

Why increasing job safety lowers workers wages

Note: This is post #58 in a weekly video series on basic microeconomics. Here’s a surprising fact: Firms have an incentive to increase job safety, because then they can lower wages. Continue Reading...

November 27, 2017

Russia still denies the Holodomor was ‘genocide’

Saturday marked “Holodomor Remembrance Day,” honoring the millions of Ukrainians who died of forced starvation at the hands of the Soviets in the 1930s. Some 80 years later, and a quarter-century after the Soviet Union’s dissolution, the Russian government still denies that this atrocity constitutes a “genocide.” Continue Reading...

November 27, 2017

Natural rights revisited during Salamanca University’s 800th anniversary

Note: Some PowerBlog readers might be wondering why the Acton Institute is holding a Rome, Italy, conference on November 29: Globalization, Justice, and the Economy on 16th and 17th Century Spanish scholasticism (The conference will be broadcast on LiveStream. Continue Reading...

November 27, 2017

Wealth creation within global cultural perspectives

Economic development is a key aspect of culture—and at the same time, a challenge to cultural norms. How should Christians reconcile such tension? What is culture’s impact upon the biblical mandate to create wealth for holistic transformation? Continue Reading...

November 24, 2017

Transatlantic intelligence: Fast facts on the UK Budget 2017

As Americans made their final arrangements for Thanksgiving, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond unveiled the annual Budget on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know. The Budget will spend a total of £809 billion ($1 trillion U.S.), Continue Reading...

November 24, 2017

5 facts about Black Friday

Today is the unofficial first day of the holiday shopping season. Here are five facts you should know about Black Friday. 1. The term “Black Friday” was coined by the Philadelphia Police Department’s traffic squad in the 1950s. Continue Reading...

November 22, 2017

How gratitude empowers the free society

Despite being surrounded by unprecedented levels of opportunity and prosperity, we live in a profoundly anxious age, fearful of economic disruption even as we resist the pull to idolize status, wealth, and comfortability. Continue Reading...

November 22, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Jordan Ballor on Kuyper, Bonhoeffer and Thanksgiving; Upstream on Alternative Country Music

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Bruce Edward Walker talks with Ray Nothstine, Opinion Editor of the the North State Journal and Editor at the Civitas Institute, on the alternative country music genre. Continue Reading...

November 22, 2017

Explainer: What you should know about ‘net neutrality’

What just happened? Yesterday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft of the ‘Restoring Internet Freedom Order,’ a plan to roll back some of the ‘net neutrality’ regulations implemented by the Obama administration. Continue Reading...

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Latest Posts

Why increasing job safety lowers workers wages

Russia still denies the Holodomor was ‘genocide’

Natural rights revisited during Salamanca University’s 800th anniversary

Wealth creation within global cultural perspectives

Transatlantic intelligence: Fast facts on the UK Budget 2017

5 facts about Black Friday

How gratitude empowers the free society

Radio Free Acton: Jordan Ballor on Kuyper, Bonhoeffer and Thanksgiving; Upstream on Alternative Country Music

Explainer: What you should know about ‘net neutrality’

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