How savings banks and credit unions help prevent poverty

<p>In this episode, Dan Churchwell, Acton’s director of program outreach, sits down with Dr. Richard Turnbull, the director of the Center for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics, to discuss how banks and credit unions develop a culture of savings, independence, and poverty prevention. Do trends in the direction of large, national, even global banking institutions best serve these ideals? And what are the implications of the loss of diversity in institutional and local provisions for personal saving? What does all this tell us about the nature of civil society?</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.acton.org/audio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Subscribe to our podcasts</strong></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://theceme.org/about-us/our-team/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">About Dr. Richard Turnbull</a> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://theceme.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics</a> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.acton.org/publications/transatlantic/2021/10/11/4-arguments-free-market" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">4 arguments for the free market | Acton Institute</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.acton.org/publications/transatlantic/2020/12/10/brexit-one-last-roll-dice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brexit: One last roll of the dice? | Acton Institute</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.acton.org/publications/transatlantic/2020/11/30/how-rebuild-economy-after-covid-19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to rebuild the economy after COVID-19 | Acton Institute</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blog.acton.org/archives/123510-boris-johnson-the-great-survivor.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boris Johnson: The great survivor? | Acton Institute PowerBlog</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blog.acton.org/archives/123349-john-calvin-and-gods-civil-government.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Calvin and God's civil government | Acton Institute PowerBlog</a> </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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