Dan Hugger | Acton Institute

Dan Hugger, Editorial and Research Fellow and the Host of Acton Line Podcast at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty. He writes and speaks on questions of education, history, political economy, and religion, and is the editor of two books: Lord Acton: Historical and Moral Essays and The Humane Economist: A Wilhelm Röpke Reader.

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Events

Evaluating the Idea of Social Justice - A Professional Colloquium

April 21, 2022
The Sacred Rights of Conscience: The Development of Religious Liberty in America, 1610-1835 - A Graduate Student Colloquium

March 24, 2022
Religion, Liberty, and American Culture - A Graduate Student Colloquium

September 9, 2021
Liberty, Markets, and Responsibility

April 22, 2021

Latest Articles by Dan Hugger

July 7, 2020

The Falkland Islands: Evolving between two worlds

In the latest issue of The New Yorker Larissa MacFarquhar has a deeply researched and beautifully written story, “ How Prosperity Transformed the Falklands.” It chronicles the history of the
January 22, 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders tweets blueprint for a housing crisis

This week Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT tweeted the following reaction to a story from The Economist describing rising American rent payments: This is a crisis
December 31, 2019

Gertrude Himmelfarb (1922-2019): The historian of moral revolution

I just heard some devastating news. Gertrude Himmelfarb, historian, moralist, wife, and mother, has passed. David Brooks has written a touching obituary detailing the life and legacy of this
December 11, 2019

Wilhelm Röpke: An economist against the technicians

We live in an age of unprecedented abundance but even in that abundance there are pockets of poverty, addiction, and despair. There are no easy answers to our social problems. They require
November 27, 2019

Marco Rubio’s myopic capitalism

Americans are searching for answers for the disintegration of the family, falling participation in religious and civic institutions, drug dependency, suicide, and economic dislocation. Sen