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The Year in Commentary: Jordan J. Ballor
The Year in Commentary: Jordan J. Ballor
May 17, 2025 1:27 AM

Every Wednesday we publish the Acton Commentary,a weekly article that covers topics related to Acton’s mission. As es to a close I thought it would be worth highlighting the mentaries that have been produced by Acton Institute staffers over the past year.

The following list includes articles published in 2012 by Dr. Jordan J. Ballor, Acton research fellow and executive editor of the Journal of Markets & Morality:

January 11, 2012

Ministers of Common Grace

February 15, 2012

Corrupted Capitalism and the Housing Crisis

March 28, 2012

Secular Scapegoats and ‘The Hunger Games’

April 18, 2012

Bread First, Then Ethics

May 23, 2012

Contagious Community

June 20, 2012

Good Work Never Ends

July 18, 2012

It Takes a Village to Raise a Business

August 15, 2012

Spiritual Competition and the Zero-Sum Game

September 12, 2012

Mike Rowe and Manual Labor

October 11, 2012

Protestants in Praise of Catholic Social Teaching

October 17, 2012

The Dignity of Paying

November 21, 2012

Sacrifice and Self-Interest

November 28, 2012

Living in the Shadow of the Fiscal Cliff

December 26, 2012

The Hopes and Fears of All the Years

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