Joshua Gregor is International Relations Assistant at the Acton Institute. Before coming to Acton he received a BA in philosophy from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome and an MA in linguistics from Indiana University.
Posts by Joshua Gregor
July 11, 2019
In the world of Brexit, Trump, Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orbán and all the rest, “nationalism” has become all too frequent a topic. In the 20th century the term became associated with fascism (the word “Nazi” comes from “national,” after all), but the story of nationalism goes back much farther than Nazism and isn’t nearly so one-sided a concept as it’s often made out to be.
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July 05, 2019
On June 19, President Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist Arthur Laffer, noted as a proponent of supply-side economics and famous for the concept of the “Laffer curve,” which states that taxes will not increase revenue if they rise beyond a certain level.
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June 26, 2019
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.
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June 12, 2019
Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, writes today in
Forbes about free trade and its relation to the notions of reciprocity and protectionism — popular topics in our current political climate.
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June 07, 2019
Today marks British Prime Minister Theresa May’s last day as leader of the Conservative Party. Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, wrote yesterday in
Forbes describing some of the factors leading up to her exit.
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May 31, 2019
Last week, EU voters went to the polls in the latest round of the project of pan-European governance, another step on the supposed road to further unity and prosperity. The results were varied and at odds with one another, and the only constant seems to be dissatisfaction with the status quo.
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May 30, 2019
Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, comments in
Forbes today on the results of the European Parliament elections that concluded this past Sunday. Many European countries showed gains for nationalist, Euroskeptic and environmentalist parties at the expense of more traditional centrist groups and of socialist parties.
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May 23, 2019
When I lived in Rome I taught a religious education class for a year, preparing kids for their first Communion. When they found out I was American, some of them were confused as to why I would come all the way across the Atlantic to study in Italy.
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May 23, 2019
Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, writes today in
Forbes of the growing trade war between the United States and China. Chinese president Xi Jinping recently characterized the road ahead as a “new Long March,” in a reference to Mao Zedong’s legendary strategic retreat from Chiang Kai-Shek’s nationalist forces in 1934.
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May 20, 2019
Today is the feast day of St. Bernardine of Siena, a fifteenth-century Franciscan known as the “apostle of Italy” for his preaching and efforts to revive the faith in his time.
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