Publications

CEME publications include longer form engagements with topics in theology, enterprise, and economics and more specific research papers. A full chronological list is available below along with explanations of the the three series of major publications.

Latest Publications & Research

Markets and the Environment
November 20, 2025 Publications

Markets and the Environment

By John Kroencke

Markets and the Environment shows how economics and 20th century policy history can inform our understanding of and response to contemporary environmental challenges...
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Brian Griffiths
August 26, 2025 Research

The CEME Fforestfach Colloquia Series
Fforestfach Colloquia Series Exploring a Christian perspective on contemporary issues of political economy There are growing concerns that capitalism and democracy are in crisis. Despite the success of free markets in creating global prosperity over two centuries, the recent slowdown in growth in Western economies...
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February 6, 2025 Publications

Inflation Is About More Than Money

By Brian Griffiths

Brian Griffiths advocates pragmatic monetarism as both economic necessity and moral imperative. Drawing on his experience with Thatcher and the Bank of England, he argues that unchecked inflation breeds social distrust, fragments communities, and hits the poorest hardest—making the case for fiscal discipline and sound...
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Enterprise and Faith

Our Enterprise and Faith publication series explores questions about business from a Judeo-Christian perspective

February 8, 2022

Government Debt

By Philip Booth, Kaetana Numa, Stephen Nakrosis and Richard Turnbull

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Enterprise and Values

Our Enterprise and Values publication series explores important social and economic issues from basic principles.

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Theology and the Market

Our Theology and the Market publication series explores the theological foundations of economic life.

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Research Papers

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All Publications & Research

Markets and the Environment
November 20, 2025 Publications

Markets and the Environment

By John Kroencke

Markets and the Environment shows how economics and 20th century policy history can inform our understanding of and response to contemporary environmental challenges.
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Brian Griffiths
August 26, 2025 Research

The CEME Fforestfach Colloquia Series
Fforestfach Colloquia Series Exploring a Christian perspective on contemporary issues of political economy There are growing concerns that capitalism and democracy are in crisis. Despite the success of free markets in creating global prosperity over two centuries, the recent slowdown in growth in Western economies, the persistence of inflation, increasing economic inequality, financial instability and […]
Read More →
Inflation Is ABout More Than Money Cover
February 6, 2025 Publications

Inflation Is About More Than Money

By Brian Griffiths

Brian Griffiths advocates pragmatic monetarism as both economic necessity and moral imperative. Drawing on his experience with Thatcher and the Bank of England, he argues that unchecked inflation breeds social distrust, fragments communities, and hits the poorest hardest—making the case for fiscal discipline and sound money as foundations of a stable society.
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Is The Non-executive worth saving
November 11, 2024 Publications

Richard Turnbull: Is the Non-Executive Director Worth Saving?
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of a report on the topic of non-executive directors. Is the Non-Executive Director Worth Saving? Richard Turnbull PDF  Summary Is the non-executive director (NED) an endangered species? Does it matter? This publication argues that the continued role of the NED matters […]
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July 25, 2024 Research

William Wilberforce: His Life and Significance by Richard Turnbull
On the 24 February 1807, the House of Commons voted by 283 votes to 16 to end the trade in human slaves in all British territory. The principal opponent of the slave trade within Parliament and a leading figure in the diverse coalition of campaigners against the evil trade was a man named William Wilberforce. […]
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May 30, 2024 Research

Andrei Rogobete: Artificial Intelligence & Management Theory
This paper is part of a series of essays that seek to explore the current and prospective impact of AI on business. A PDF version can be accessed here. The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) upon the business world raises a myriad of challenges and opportunities for management theorists. The first of these is a […]
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March 18, 2024 Research

Andrei Rogobete: AI and the Future of Work
This paper is part of a series of essays that seek to explore the current and prospective impact of AI on business. A PDF copy of this paper can be accessed here.   The advent of Generative AI is challenging and redefining the world of work. While exacting data on its impact remain at a […]
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January 29, 2024 Research

Lyndon Drake: Virtues of Growth and Restraint
In this final article, I will draw from two stories in the Bible that will be well-known to many readers, to give an example of how those who read the Bible as scripture can draw from those stories in developing modern economic ethics. The first story is of the Garden of Eden, and of the […]
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January 22, 2024 Research

Lyndon Drake: The Task of Modern Economic Ethics
As I suggested in my previous article, my preferred way to read the biblical texts is to identify in them a particular kind of method, rather than precise prescriptions. In this article, I will suggest some specific aspects of method in modern, theologically-informed economic ethics. Above all, I suggest that we give attention to human […]
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January 8, 2024 Research

Lyndon Drake: Types of Creativity in Biblical Texts
One way to approach biblical texts is to read them as if they prescribe economic medicine for modern social maladies. For example, Paul Mills argues that an appropriate and devout appreciation of the Jubilee of Leviticus 25 will result in the construction of an economic system where no interest is charged on debts. This has […]
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December 5, 2023 Publications

Andrei Rogobete: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence: Responsibly Unlocking the Potential of AI by Andrei E. Rogobete. A PDF copy can be found here. A hardcopy of the publication can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices at office@theceme.org         […]
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June 27, 2023 Publications

Private Planning and the Great Estates

By John Kroencke

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of:   Private Planning and the Great Estates: Lessons from London A PDF copy can be found here. It is available in a web-friendly format (with clickable endnotes) separated by section: (It has also been split into a Substack series) About […]
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May 9, 2023 Research

Approaching a Biblical Economic Ethic – The Sins of Biblical Economists
Numerous modern authors draw on biblical texts as support for economic rules in modern societies. Notably, contemporary writers often draw contradictory conclusions about the message and intent of the texts in their ancient settings, as well as about the rules that they derive for modern life. In this article, I show the methodological failures of […]
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March 13, 2023 Publications

CEME Polling: What is the Value of Business?
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of What is the Value of Business? by Richard Turnbull. The report can be downloaded here. A hardcopy can be purchased by contacting CEME’s offices at office@theceme.org
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February 8, 2022 Publications

Government Debt

By Philip Booth, Kaetana Numa, Stephen Nakrosis and Richard Turnbull

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is delighted to announce the publication of Government Debt: A Neglected Theme of Catholic Social Teaching by Philip Booth, Kaetana Numa, Stephen Nakrosis and Richard Turnbull. A PDF copy can be found here. A hardcopy of the publication can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices at office@theceme.org […]
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December 14, 2021 Research

Brian Griffiths: A Celebration of Advent
  The meaning of Advent I must first make a confession. I love carol services. I love singing carols. I love the Christmas tree. I love Christmas decorations. I love the festivities of Christmas. They remind me of when I was very young singing carols from house to house in Fforestfach which was then a […]
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October 7, 2021 Publications

Barbara Ridpath: Ethics and Economics
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Ethics and Economics: Economics as a Servant or Master? by Barbara Ridpath. A copy of the publication can be found here. The publication can be purchased in hardcopy by contacting CEME’s offices via email at office@theceme.org             […]
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July 15, 2021 Publications

CEME Project: Why Saving Matters
Most people today who pay any attention to the news will be familiar with key economic concepts – consumption, investment, public expenditure, output, exports, imports, unemployment, economic growth, the balance of payments, public borrowing, interest rates, inflation, the national debt. Yet the one measure we hear little about is saving. Saving has become the Cinderella […]
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