July 2012 Archives

July 11, 2012

‘Defending the Free Market’ Makes WORLD’s Top Five

Rev. Robert Sirico, Acton Institute president and co-founder, released Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, in late May and the book has been no stranger to critical acclaim ever since. Continue Reading...

July 11, 2012

The Free-Market Case Against Big Business

“The most dangerous enemies of capitalism today are capitalists,” says Timothy P. Carney. “This is becoming clearer every day to people committed to free markets.” The conservative and libertarian grassroots came to deeply distrust big business after the Wall Street bailouts and Obama’s stimulus and health care bills, both of which had big-business backing. Continue Reading...

July 10, 2012

Don’t Eat Your Dog: The Surprising Moral Case for Free Enterprise

At the most recent Acton University, American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks gave a brilliant and paradigm-shifting speech on why advocates of free enterprise need to explain why it is the most moral, most fair, and most helpful system for alleviating poverty. Continue Reading...

July 10, 2012

Should the Church Evade the Issue of Tax Avoidance?

The issue of tax avoidance is highly complex, notes Philip Booth. Not all avoidance is illegal or immoral—some is even encouraged by the government. So how, Booth asks, do Catholics determine what is acceptable? Continue Reading...

July 10, 2012

Balancing the “Big Three”

This week we feature an interview with Diane Paddison, Chief Strategy Officer for Cassidy Turley in Dallas, Texas. She is the founder of non-profit 4WORD and author of the book Work, Love, Pray; Practical Wisdom for Young Professional Christian Women. Continue Reading...

July 09, 2012

‘If there are people for whom to be Christian words alone would not suffice’

Comparing artists is about as helpful as comparing beer or theologians; it often simply comes down to a matter of taste. However, just as with theologians, there are new insights to be gained from artists, even if they don’t turn out to be our favorite (I suppose the same holds with beer, as well.) Continue Reading...

July 09, 2012

The Declaration of Independence and the Necessity of Religion

Last week’s Wall Street Journal features a column from Michael Meyerson detailing the religious perspective of the Declaration of Independence. With questions of religious liberty occupying a sizable space in the public square, the article is especially timely. Continue Reading...

July 09, 2012

‘Religion Takes us into the Marketplace’

On The Foundry, Sarah Torre writes about the many faith based challenges that remain to the Obamacare law. There are many organizations that are religious in nature, but are not themselves churches. Continue Reading...

July 09, 2012

America the Acquisitive?

Last week, in Continue Reading...

July 09, 2012

Getting Religion Back into Our Economic Lives

National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez talks to Rev. Sirico about his new book, Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, the link between economic liberty and public morality, and the differences between socialism and capitalism: LOPEZ: How can you get more greed with socialism than capitalism? Continue Reading...