As noted, some members of the Alt-Right have an unusual affinity for North Korea as a bastion of nationalist, anti-imperialist, racial collectivism. Not all of the Kim dynasty’s supporters are utterly powerless. Aleksandr Dugin has stated North Korea represents another “mode of development” in opposition to Western capitalism and liberal democracy, one it may wage nuclear war to preserve. Dugin has been described as Vladimir “Putin’s Brain” or, because of his beard, “Putin’s Rasputin.” In 2008, it was Dugin who...

In a surprise victory earlier this month, Pedro Sánchez, the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, became prime minister of Spain. Alejandro Chafuen, managing director of Acton Institute, International, considers what the change in government means for the future of Spain: A couple of weeks ago, Pedro Sanchez, the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, PSOE, who in the last 2016 election garnered the least amount of votes in his party’s history, became the seventh president of the...

North Korea may seem like an odd choice for a white nationalist’s utopia, but then these are odd times. A significant portion of the Alt-Right has e enchanted with, or at least willing to defend, the world’s foremost bastion of Stalinism. In North Korea, racialists believe they have spied a model of their own nationalism, anti-Americanism, and hatred of free enterprise. “North Korea is the only ethno-nationalist state opposing the current world order, and as long as it exists, it...

What do soybeans and washing machines have mon? One is grown in the United States, and the other produced in China, but both are affected by the recent clash on trade. A trade war is defined as, “a situation in which countries try to damage each other’s trade, typically by the imposition of tariffs or quota restrictions.” Yet, adjustments to trade are mon occurrence, so when do trade disagreements e trade wars? A trade war begins when a country institutes...

“We are not an imperial power. We are mercial republic. We don’t take food; we trade for it. Which makes us something unique in history, an anomaly, a hybrid.” –Charles Krauthammer This week, wereceived the sad newsthat Charles Krauthammer has passed away due to a recent battle with cancer.As a longtime conservative columnist and media pundit, Krauthammer was known for his clear and mentary. Although he focused his attention on matters of foreign policy, Krauthammer had a memorable way of...

Earlier today the Supreme Court handed down a ruling inNIFLA v. Becerra, one of the most important free speech cases of the year. Althoughthe case was a challenge to a California law that imposed two different sets of requirements on pro-life pregnancy centers, the ruling issued by the Court has broad implications for the free expression of almost all Americans. Here are six quotes from the ruling that you should know about. Justice Thomas: “Although the licensed notice is content-based,...

Note: This is post #83 in a weekly video series on basic economics. In previous videos in this series, we’ve seen how the accumulation of physical capital only provides a temporary boost to economic growth. Does the same apply to human capital? To answer that, says Alex Tabarrok of Marginal Revolution University, we should consider: what happens to all new graduates, in the end? For a while, they’re productive members of the economy. Then age takes its toll, retirement rolls...

On Friday, Glenn Arbery, president of Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming, praised Acton University for the “good diversity” that it demonstrated. Arbery argues that diversity today is too often pursued for its own ends, rather than for the truly virtuous end of coherence, of “unity in the good.” At Acton University, he says, there is true diversity, not simply “praising… the colors on a palette.” ments follow, with permission, in full: Good Diversity Many good Catholics in their critique...

Over the past six months there have been 139 bills acted on in states legislatures that deal with religion’s place in the public square. “What happens at the state level is a predicate for what happens at the federal level,” Rose Saxe, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, told the Deseret News. “It’s important to look at trends.” The Deseret News spent months researching proposed legislation across the nation to try to gain some sense of where...

Last week well over 1000 people flocked to Grand Rapids to listen to more than 80 inspiring faculty members lecture on a wide variety of topics touching on liberty, faith, and free-market economics. This is the 13th renewal of Acton University, Acton’s yearly four-day conference exploring the intellectual foundations of a free society. AU is all about “building the foundations of freedom,” by bringing together leaders in business, ministry, and development, as well as students, professors, entrepreneurs, and members of...