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\nThis debate was sponsored by the Acton Institute, please see\xa0http://www.acton.org
\nThe debate took place live on Feb. 18, 2016
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\nOn February 18th, the Acton Institute was pleased to welcome Jay Richards and Joseph Pearce to our Mark Murray Auditorium for an exchange on two distinct ideas on economics: Distributism vs. Free Markets. The gentleman\u2019s debate was moderated by Acton Institute President Rev. Robert A. Sirico.
\nJoseph Pearce, writer in residence at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, and Director of the college\u2019s Center for Faith and Culture, argued in favor of distributism; Jay Richards,\xa0Assistant Research Professor School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America, a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, and Executive Editor of\xa0The Stream, defended free markets. It was a lively exchange, and we\u2019re pleased to present the video of the event linked above.