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Rev. Robert Sirico and Jordan Ballor on The RJ Moeller Show
Rev. Robert Sirico and Jordan Ballor on The RJ Moeller Show
Oct 26, 2024 10:27 PM

RJ Moeller of “Values and Capitalism,” an American Enterprise Institute initiative, recently hosted two Acton Institute staffers on his podcast, The RJ Moeller Show. First, president and co-founder kicks off the segment with a self-introduction and a discussion of his new book Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy. Later, Acton Research Fellow Jordan Ballor closes out the segment with a testimony to his own work and that of the Acton Institute. The segment can be heard in the player below:

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