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March 19, 2018

How managers can help save the world

Why are some countries rich while other countries are poor? A primary reason, as economists have been pointing out for hundreds of years, is productivity—the efficient use of such resources as labor and capital. Continue Reading...
March 16, 2018

What has God got to do with banking and finance?

In the latest edition of The Independent Review, Gerald P. Dwyer Jr. reviews Samuel Gregg’s For God and Profit: How Banking and Finance Can Serve the Common Good. “The most unusual aspect of Gregg’s book is the combination of topics advertised in its very title: For God and Profit,” says Dwyer, “We all know about defenses of free markets. Continue Reading...
March 15, 2018

What Christians should know about tariffs and balance of trade

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. The purpose of the series is not to present a theology of economics, but simply to provide a basic level of understanding that will help Christians think more clearly about how to apply their faith commitments to economics and public policy. Continue Reading...
March 14, 2018

The long road back from Communism

“In 1989, Communism finally collapsed,” writes Mihail Neamţu, a Romanian thinker and public intellectual, in this week’s Acton Commentary. “On our first official post-communist Christmas holiday, my family was hoping that the political landscape of Eastern Europe would quickly be shaped by healthy democratic institutions, secure private property and free trade, economic competition, as well as a robust sense of personal responsibility.” Continue Reading...
March 14, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Business FX on purpose and fulfillment in the workplace; Econ Quiz on tariffs; Upstream on the beat poets

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, John Couretas, Director of Communications at Acton, talks to Phil Sotok, management consultant with DPMC, examining purpose, fulfillment and ethics in the workplace. Then, on the Econ Quiz segment, Caroline Roberts speaks with Aquinas College professor of economics, Dave Hebert on the newly proposed steel and aluminum tariffs. Continue Reading...