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January 2017

January 04, 2017

Thomas Sowell on the Origins of Prosperity

By Joseph Sunde “The mundane progress driven by ordinary economic and social processes in a...

August 2016

August 17, 2016

Is God Opposed to Christians Making Lots of Money?

By Joseph Sunde “Being Godly doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to be wealthy. God...

March 2016

March 02, 2016

3 Lessons on Social Institutions from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

By Jordan Ballor Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s letter to their daughter may indeed be...

February 2016

February 08, 2016

Charles Koch’s Metaphysics of Business

By Stephen Schmalhofer Adam Smith, that venerable a supporter of free enterprise, held businessmen in...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Calvin Coolidge and a Thanksgiving of Abundance

By Ray Nothstine My pastor once made the point that the more secular we become as a...

November 18, 2015

How Religion is Redistributing the World’s Wealth

By Joe Carter Dramatic religious shifts over the next few decades will change the distribution...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

VIDEO: What Causes the Poverty Of Nations?

The Acton Institute recently had the privilege of hosting theologian Wayne Grudem and economist Barry Asmus,...

September 11, 2015

‘Crucified Love’ — The Human Side of the Greek Crisis

By Dylan Pahman In Thessaloniki, Greece, Fr. Eleftherios pulls down from the wall behind him...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Is There a Case for Virtue and Economic Growth?

By James V. Schall Bernard de Mandeville (1670–1733) famously (or infamously) suggested that the cause of...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Spiritual Competition and the Zero-Sum Game

By Jordan Ballor One of the main criticisms of the market economy leveled by people...

June 02, 2015

Pentecost Reimagined: How the Spirit Reveals New Economies

By Charlie Self Pentecost Sunday: The Holy Spirit comes with tongues of fire and an “incendiary community” is...