Acton Institute Powerblog Archives

Post Tagged 'elites'

We Can’t Afford to Ditch the Rich

Why Democracy Needs the Rich by John O. McGinnis arrives at a moment when public discourse treats wealth less as a social fact and more as a moral pathology. Consequently, McGinnis writes into an atmosphere thick with slogans, suspicion, and ritual denunciation. Continue Reading...

David Brooks Is onto Something. Christians Take Note.

It has taken some time but there are signs that the cultural elites, members of what has been called America’s “ruling class,” have started to engage in some long overdue self-examination as it relates to their engagement with populist dynamics, especially as represented in the figure of Donald Trump. Continue Reading...