Thomas Dias is the Foundation Relations Specialist at the Acton Institute.
Posts by Thomas Dias
January 15, 2026
The free enterprise system’s greatest prophets saw the trade-off from the beginning. The division of labor generates unprecedented wealth while subjecting workers to menial labor that diminishes our personal and political capacities.
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October 03, 2025
The most common explanation for America’s political violence problem is that we’re hyperpoliticized, that we’re too obsessed with politics. But this diagnosis has it backward. Americans aren’t too political—we’re not political enough.
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July 19, 2024
If there’s one particular type of person that the world’s most important cities—New York, Washington, D.C., London—need more than any other it’s … the saint. Of course, we need saints everywhere, but the cruciality of our cities as centers of culture means we have a special need for virtuous Christians to be in cities—first to sanctify them but also to take advantage of the abundance of resources and learn from the innovations found there.
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