Featured Books
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Acton Institute T-shirt
100% cotton T-shirt featuring our Acton Institute logo on the front. Please specify size: S M L XL or XXL We also have Youth sizes S M or L |
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The Birth of Freedom Study Guide
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The Universal Hunger for Liberty
"In this vital book the author tells how peacemakers can capitalize on man's universal inner longing for liberty and mutual respect, and so restore calm to a stressed-out world." |
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What Your Money Means And How to Use it Well
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The Future of the Corporation
"The corporation, as we know it - and we know it from every aspect of our lives - was invented; it did not come to be of itself." Reg Price $7.50 on sale now for $4.50! |
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Economics in Christian Perspective
There is considerable debate in the public square these days about a number of issues that have significant economic components. Globalization, environmental protection, and aiding the poor are just a few. Decisions we make in our personal lives are influenced by our assumptions about economic realities as well. So how might mainstream economics connect with Christian values and principles? Reg price $16.00 on sale now for $12.50! |
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The Birth of Freedom DVD and Study Guide
The American founders said that all men are created equal and are endowed with certain unalienable rights--that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They called this a self-evident truth. Eighty-seven years later, Abraham Lincoln reaffirmed this idea on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg. And in 1963 these same words echoed from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as Martin Luther King, Jr. urged America to fulfill the promise of its founding. But humans are separated by enormous differences in talent and circumstance. Why would anyone believe that all men are created equal? That all should be free? That all deserve a voice in choosing their leaders? Why would any nation consider this a self-evident truth? How is freedom born? Reg price $25.00; Sale price $20.00. This Item is on a 2 week back order. You may also purchase these items separately. Please call 1-800-345-2286 x124 for pricing or email dsatterlee@acton.org. |
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Business as a Calling
In straightforward language, Novak (Belief and Unbelief) sets out to refute the popular conception that business leaders are materialistic and rapacious, asserting that "business not only creates social connections, lifts its participants out of poverty, and builds the foundation of democracy, but also can and must be morally uplifting." |
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Effective Stewardship Curriculum Study Guide
This guide provides materials to support group discussion for each of the five lessons in the Effective Stewardship Curriculum. It also includes resources for sermon preparation, pulling together scriptures relevant to each lesson. Quantity purchases are as follows: $12 1-9 $10 10-20 $8 30-60 purchases needing 60 or more please contact dsatterlee@acton.org for pricing. |
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Acton USB 1GB Flash Drive
Acton's 1GB USB2.0 Flash Drives are a convenient way to transport data from your computer. Featuring an aluminum swivel cover with Acton's logo, you'll be sure to stand out as a tech-savvy pursuer of liberty and free-markets backed by religious principles. Regular price: $20.00 On Sale now for: $10.00! |
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The Call of the Entrepreneur DVD and Study Guide
A merchant banker. A failing dairy farmer. A refugee from Communist China. One risked his savings. One risked his farm. One risked his life. "The Call of the Entrepreneur Study Guide" examines several core themes of the documentary including the pernicious effects of zero-sum-game thinking, the role of entrepreneurs in creating new wealth, the risk-taking element of enterprise, and the role of limited government, property rights, and the rule of law, and free markets in unleashing the wealth-creating capacity of entrepreneurs. The Study Guide touches on some topics that are beyond the scope of the film, in particular the role of Judeo-Christian thought in the rise of capitalism and the lessons that the Bible offers for the entrepreneur as entrepreneur. It includes a discussion of human beings as "co-creators" made in the image of God. On Sale now for $20.00! Reg price $25.00 |
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Sourcebook in Late-Scholastic Monetary Theory
The Sourcebook in Late-Scholastic Monetary Theory is a thematically unified collection of seminal texts in the history of economics on the topic of money and exchange relations (cambium)—its nature, purpose, value, and relationship to justice and morality in financial transactions—within the tradition of late-scholastic commercial ethics. Cambium embraces the development of banking practices and institutions in early modern Europe and, therefore, is much broader in scope than the simple practice of exchanging currency. Here, for the first time, the unabridged texts of Martín de Azpilcueta's Commentary on the Resolution of Money (1556), Luis de Molina's A Treatise on Money (1597), and Juan de Mariana's Treatise on the Alteration of Money (1609) are available in English translation with scholarly annotations. The publication of these foundational texts under a single cover will stimulate exploration of the continuities and discontinuities, agreements and disagreements, innovations and ruptures within the Salamancan tradition of commercial ethics during the latter half of the sixteenth and the early seventeenth century. A close reading shows that the Salamancans were involved not only in an internal conversation within Spain concerning inflation, usury, rates of currency exchange, currency debasement, subjective value, just prices, and so on, but also that they were critical intermediaries in a wider conversation spanning centuries that includes prominent canonists, jurists, philosophers, and theologians. The Salamancans also serve as conduits of scholastic economic reflection to Adam Smith and the political economists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The texts (in conjunction with the introductions by leading authorities) demonstrate the sophistication with which the Spanish doctors examined the new process of using bills of exchange (cambium per litteras) to replace the cumbersome and dangerous transportation of metallic coins between commercial fairs, which led not only to new scholastic insights on interest, credit, and international trade, but also to a much more comprehensive analysis of monetary exchange and banking practices than had been undertaken before. |
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The Call of the Entrepreneur Study Guide
"The Call of the Entrepreneur Study Guide" examines several core themes of the documentary including the pernicious effects of zero-sum-game thinking, the role of entrepreneurs in creating new wealth, the risk-taking element of enterprise, and the role of limited government, property rights, and the rule of law, and free markets in unleashing the wealth-creating capacity of entrepreneurs. The Study Guide touches on some topics that are beyond the scope of the film, in particular the role of Judeo-Christian thought in the rise of capitalism and the lessons that the Bible offers for the entrepreneur as entrepreneur. It includes a discussion of human beings as "co-creators" made in the image of God. |
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The Call of the Entrepreneur DVD
A merchant banker. A failing dairy farmer. A refugee from Communist China. One risked his savings. One risked his farm. One risked his life. Why do their stories matter? Because how we view entrepreneurs - as greedy or altruistic, as virtuous or vicious - shapes the destinies of individuals and nations. |
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The Commercial Society
Once relatively confined to parts of Europe and North America, commercial societies are now found in many other cultures and continents. Yet despite the international spread and growth of commercial order, the moral, economic, and legal foundations of commercial society remain poorly understood - especially in those countries where it first took root. Guided by the thoughts of Alexis de Tocqueville, Samuel Gregg's The Commercial Society identifies and explores the key foundational elements that must exist within a society for commercial order to take root and flourish. Gregg studies the challenges that have consistently impeded and occasionally undermined commercial order, including the persistence of "corporatist" values and political movements seeking to equalize social conditions. This book offers a historically grounded analysis for modern audiences interested in philosophy or the history of economics. |
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Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics
Is knowledge of right and wrong written on the human heart? Do people know God from the world around them? Does natural knowledge contribute to Christian doctrine? While these questions of natural theology and natural law have historically been part of theological reflection, the radical reliance of twentieth-century Protestant theologians on revelation has eclipsed this historic connection. Stephen Grabill attempts the treacherous task of reintegrating Reformed Protestant theology with natural law by appealing to Reformation-era theologians such as John Calvin, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Johannes Althusius, and Francis Turretin, who carried over and refined the traditional understanding of this key doctrine. Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics calls Christian ethicists, theologians, and laypersons to take another look at this vital element in the history of Christian ethical thought. Regular Price $24.00 Sale Price $20.00 |
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The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy
In The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy, Thomas E. Woods Jr. makes a vigorous argument in favor of the market economy from a Catholic perspective. Filling a lapse in the debate on the role of religious thought in economic theory, Woods' uncompromising position, informed by the history of Catholic economic thought, shows that the long-seen contradiction between Catholic faith and support for the market economy does not exist. With attention to detail on almost all aspects of the free market, from the Federal Reserve System and inflation to antitrust legislation and labor issues, this book provides essential background for anyone interested in balancing issues of social conscience with modern economic principles. |
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Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics
A common working assumption of many economists is that modern economics began with Adam Smith. Largely forgotten is the contribution of the Spanish scholastic thinkers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Thinking through issues such as the just price and the legitimacy of private property, these Catholic theologians and philosophers were the first to grapple with ideas normally associated with Smith. In Faith and Liberty, Alejandro A. Chafuen draws upon many texts largely unfamiliar to English-speaking audiences to illustrate that the origin of modern economics lies very much in natural law and scholastic moral theology. A work that challenges economists and theologians alike, Faith and Liberty points to the need for modern economics to be grounded upon a revised anthropology of the human person, and it makes the case for theologians and the church to recognize the capacity of economics to contain greater truths. |
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Lord Acton One-Piece Infant Outfit
It's never too early to begin preserving freedom and advancing virtue! This one-piece infant outfit features an illustration of Lord Acton on the front with the caption, "Power...Corrupts." On the back, the Acton Institute Web site: "www.acton.org" Size: 24 months (60% Cotton, 40% Polyester) |
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The Morality of Capitalism
Freeman Classic Series including essays on The Spiritual Foundation, The Judeo-Christian Tradition, Economic Freedom, and The Anti-Capitalist Mentality. Authors include: Edmund A. Opitz, F.A. Hayek, Robert A. Sirico, Paul L. Poirot, Ludwig von Mises. |
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The Fire of Invention
Many Americans today consider the corporation to be public enemy number one. Downsizing, corporate greed, an exclusive focus on the needs of shareholders at the expense of workersâ�"the list of complaints is long and growing. In this powerful book, prominent scholar Michael Novak argues that these critics ask the corporation to be something it is not, and they overlook the functions that it performs bestâ�"the cultivation of civil society, the fortification of democracy, and the elevation of the poor. Borrowing a phrase from Abraham Lincoln, Novak shows how the corporation weds "the fire of invention" to the "fuel of interest" to generate a creative, dynamic, and civic-minded citizenry. The Fire of invention examines and illuminates many crucial debates. This important book will fundamentally change the way Americans think about big business. |
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Lord Acton
A superb in-depth biography of Lord Acton, the Institute's namesake, that makes excellent and extensive use of archival materials. This biography describes Acton's extended family of European aristocrats, his cosmopolitan upbringing, and his disrupted education. Roland Hill, a retired journalist, has written widely about Lord Acton since first being introduced to his writing in the 1950s. |
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Economics in One Lesson
This classic work provides the layman with a clear understanding of the economic way of thinking. A must-read for the beginner! |