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The Victory of Socialism
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With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the success of free markets many believed that socialism had seen in its last days. But socialism did not die. In Latin America, Europe,m and even the US proponents of socialist ide...

The Laws of [Plato], the Politics of [Aristotle], are, if I may trust my own experience the books from which we may learn the most about the principles of politics.
~ Lord Acton

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Dr. Andrew Abela to receive the Acton Institute's 2009 Novak Award

Dr. Andrew Abela, Associate Professor of Marketing and Chair-elect of the Department of Business and Economics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, is the recipient of the 2009 Novak Award. Believing that anti-free market perspectives seem to dominate discussion about the social impact of business, Dr. Abela is working to explore Christian ethics further to show how these issues can be resolved more humanely and effectively through market-oriented approaches. Read More...

Acton Research

The Research Department serves as the academic research facility of the Acton Institute, accommodating in-house and externally-based scholars from a variety of nationalities, Christian confessions, and different intellectual disciplines. Read More »

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In the Liberal Tradition

Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973)

Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973)“Man is by no means for the State. The State is for man.”