Joe Carter is a Senior Editor at the Acton Institute. Joe also serves as an editor at the The Gospel Coalition, a communications specialist for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and as an adjunct professor of journalism at Patrick Henry College. He is the editor of the NIV Lifehacks Bible and co-author of How to Argue like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History's Greatest Communicator (Crossway).
Posts by Joe Carter
January 17, 2019
Crony capitalism responsible for socialism’s new popularity
Matthew D. Mitchell,
Detroit News
Because of crony capitalism, socialism has begun sounding more rational to voters.
Microcredit was a hugely hyped solution to global poverty.
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January 16, 2019
Last month a judicial nominee was asked during a Senate hearing if his membership in the Knights of Columbus might impede his ability to judge federal cases fairly.
Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Kamala Harris (D-California) both questioned Brian C.
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January 16, 2019
California has a new plan to give a monthly check to low-income residents
Eillie Anzilotti,
Fast Company
In his proposed budget for the state, California’s new governor plans to dramatically increase funding for the state’s tax credit program for low-income workers, and change up the way it’s delivered so people can get support year-round.
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January 15, 2019
Note: This is post #106 in a weekly video series on basic economics.
The quantity theory of money states that there is a direct relationship between the quantity of money in an economy and the level of prices of goods and services sold.
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January 15, 2019
In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture
Lily Kuo,
The Guardian
China’s Communist party is intensifying religious persecution as Christianity’s popularity grows. A new state translation of the Bible will establish a ‘correct understanding’ of the text.
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January 14, 2019
Note: This is the latest entry in the Acton blog series, “What Christians Should Know About Economics.” For other entries in the series see this post.
What it means: A marginal tax rate is the amount of tax paid on an additional dollar of income.
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January 14, 2019
Protestant Theology and Nations as Moral Communities
Greg Forster,
Law and Liberty
Is Nationalism really a unique construction of Protestant theology as Yoram Hazony claims?
How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor
Matthew Shaer,
New York Times
In many parts of America, like Corinth, Miss., judges are locking up defendants who can’t pay — sometimes for months at a time.
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January 11, 2019
Over the past decade conservatives have, once again, become champions of criminal justice reform. To some this appears to be a surprising development. Why would conservatives, the self-proclaimed champions of law and order, have concern for the treatment of criminals?
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January 11, 2019
“If sovereign states ordered their domestic affairs in accordance with principles of natural law,” says Acton research director Samuel Gregg at Law & Liberty, “the international sphere would benefit greatly.”
During periods of resurgent national feeling, it’s common for enthusiasts of liberal international order and human rights activists to begin emphasizing the importance of international law and the way they think it should guide and restrain the choices of nations.
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January 11, 2019
Trump signs law to pump $430 million into anti-human trafficking efforts
Dennis Sadowski,
Catholic News Service
Nationwide efforts to confront human trafficking received a boost in the new year as President Donald Trump signed a bill reauthorizing federal expenditures for prevention and assistance programs across the federal government.
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