Thinking about “Sustainability” and the Environment: An Interview with Craig Mitchell The ethics and economics of environmental “sustainability” is a challenging and pressing topic of discussion in U.S. and international politics. Read more
The Ethics of Capital and Interest: An Interview with Shawn Ritenour Markets, capital and interest are not value-free, despite the dominant fact-value dichotomy that often exists in economics. In this interview Read more
Judaism, Commerce, and Free Markets: An Interview with Joseph Isaac Lifshitz Jewish economic thought is a rich tradition that Christian philosophers, theologians and economists can learn from and utilize in different Read more
Adam Smith, Philosopher and Political Economist: An Interview with James Otteson Much has been written on Adam Smith and his perspective on ” free-market economics.” In an Acton University faculty interview Read more
Alexis de Tocqueville, Philosopher of Civil Society: An Interview with Brian Smith For many political and social thinkers, the work Alexis de Tocqueville on the nature and significance of civil society provides Read more
On Corruption, Freedom, and Intellectual Entrepreneurs: An Interview with Alex Chafuen Any serious economic-political theory, model and perspective must account for the potentiality and actuality of corruption (at a variety of Read more
Thinking about the Relationship between Centralization and Civil Society: An Interview with John Bolt How we understand the “centralization” of political power in relationship to the health of a “civil society” is one of Read more
Envy and the Search for Fairness in our Economic Relationships: An Interview with Victor Claar Throughout this week and next, I will be featuring some interviews that I conducted with various Acton University scholars on Read more
Responding to the Killing of Osama bin Laden: Reflections from Christian Philosophers and Apologists If online discussions are a reliable indicator, the killing of Osama Bin Laden (OBL) was mostly met with gratitude (if Read more