In this episode, we bring you an insightful conversation between Michael Matheson Miller, Acton Institute senior research fellow and producer of the documentary Poverty, Inc., and the late George Ayittey, Ghanaian economist, author, and president of the Free Africa Foundation.  The Acton Institute’s Poverty Cure series includes supplementary conversations with renowned scholars, businesspeople, and nonprofit leaders. This is a conversation that took place in 2020.  Ayittey died on January 28, 2022, at the age of 76. <a href="https://www.acton.org/audio">Subscribe to our podcasts</a> <a href="https://www.acton.org/node/9467">Poverty Cure Summit — Acton Institute</a>  <a href="https://hrf.org/hrf-mourns-the-passing-of-ghanaian-economist-and-freedom-champion-george-ayittey/">HRF Mourns the Passing of Ghanaian Economist and Freedom Champion George Ayittey — Human Rights Foundation</a>  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Tocqueville's doctrine of self-interest rightly understood

From the archives of the Acton Institute, Acton Vault brings you stories, talks, conversations, and lectures from our 30-plus years of history – all focused on illustrating the Acton Institute's vision of a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.