Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Congressional caucuses Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is an American conservative[2][3][4] and libertarian[5][6][7] think tank in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with an office in Rome.

[10][11] Acton Institute also organizes seminars "to educate religious leaders of all denominations, business executives, entrepreneurs, university professors, and academic researchers in economics principles".

[16][18][19] In 2000, the institute was involved in setting up the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, described by Deutsche Welle and The New Republic as a climate denial group.

[24][25] The Grand Rapids Press wrote in 2013 that much of the Acton Institute's funding comes from wealthy residents of western Michigan, including John Kennedy, president and CEO of Autocam Corp., and Amway co-founder Richard DeVos.

[8][29] Films produced by the Acton Institute include The Call of the Entrepreneur (2007), Poverty, Inc. (2014), and The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom (2022).

The film covers Lai's struggles with the mainland Chinese government that caused him to sell Giordano and then later focus exclusively on his media companies.

Lai was convicted of violating the Hong Kong national security law—a highly controversial law that criminalizes speech dissenting from that of the official Chinese Communist Party doctrine—on December 10, 2022, and was sentenced to 5 years and 9 months in prison.

Hanna, a merchant banker in New York City who originally hails from Georgia, explains how financial engineering not only makes credit more widely available to entrepreneurs today but also played a crucial role in the discovery of America.

Robert Sirico, founder and president of the Acton Institute, Samuel Gregg, Jay Richards, George Gilder, and Michael Novak.

[independent source needed] Entrepreneur called it "a non-stop barrage of uplifting tales" and wrote that Morgan's story was "inspiring" and "enough to remind you that our society thrives on entrepreneurial ideas.

"[49] Besides Sirico, people associated with the institute include Anthony Bradley,[50] Jordan Ballor,[51] Stephen Grabill,[52] Michael Matheson Miller,[53] Marvin Olasky,[54] Kevin Schmiesing,[55] and Jonathan Witt.