Symposium on Caritas in Veritate
Published upon the heels of the global financial collapse of 2008, Benedict XVI’s social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, has been received with great controversy in America. Conservatives have criticized the encyclical’s indictment of […]
“Decision-Making in the Pressure Cooker: Lessons Learned from the Collapse of Lehman Brothers”
Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Catholic Lawyers Guild, sponsored by Jenner & Block. panelists: Harry Kraemer (executive partner with Madison Dearborn) Anton Valukas (Chairman of Jenner & […]
Toward a Moral Economy: Policies and Values for the 21st Century
Keynote Address: Reinhard Cardinal Marx, Archbishop of Munich Presentations: Roger Myerson, University of Chicago, Kevin M. Murphy, University of Chicago, and Russell Hittinger, University of Tulsa This event opens the […]
“The Dialogue of Economics and Catholic Social Thought”
Cosponsored by the University of Chicago Ethics Club The presence of two Catholic candidates for vice-president have raised questions about Catholic social thought and American free market economics. In this symposium, […]
Toward A Moral Economy: Globalization and the Developing World
Part of the Lumen Christi Institute Program in Economics and Catholic Social Thought, a continuing exchange between research economists, bishops, and scholars, this symposium will address poverty and economic development; social, […]
The Human Person, Economics & Catholic Social Thought
“The current financial crisis can make us overlook the fact that it originated in a profound human crisis: the denial of the primacy of the human person!” – Pope Francis, Evangelii […]
Caring for our Common Home: Economics, Environment, & Catholic Social Thought
THURSDAY, MAY 19 The International House at The University of Chicago Public Symposium Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, Archbishop of Miami Christopher Barrett, Cornell University Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University Michael Greenstone, The University of […]
Judging as Judgment
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Financial Markets and Moral Inquiry
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CANCELED: The Economy of Pope Francis
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Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed. We look forward to scheduling similar programming in the future. Does this “economy […]