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.

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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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Enterprise and Faith

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

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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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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 […]
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February 6, 2025 Publications

Brian Griffiths: Inflation Is About More Than Money
Selected as a Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2025: Economics The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics is delighted to announce the official release today of our latest publication, a book by Brian Griffiths (Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach) which addresses the problem of inflation – Inflation Is About More Than Money: Economics, Politics and […]
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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

John Kroencke: Private Planning and the Great Estates
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of:   Private Planning and the Great Estates: Lessons from London   About Private Planning and the Great Estates  The publication by John Kroencke covers the operation of the large urban landowners in inner London beginning in the 17th century as […]
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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

CEME Publication: Government Debt
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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Local and Personal
July 15, 2021 Research

Richard Turnbull: The Local and Personal
Full Text Link: Local and Personal: The Principles and Practice of Saving in Victorian England – Revd Dr Richard Turnbull   About the Publication: Richard Turnbull explores the principles and practices of saving in Victorian England, highlighting the significance of local financial institutions and their impact on society.   About the Author: Richard Turnbull is […]
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June 22, 2021 Research

Lord Griffiths: A New Age of Inflation?
The success of major advanced countries in dealing with Covid over the last twelve months has been remarkable. Scientists first discovered the vaccines. Then business accelerated their manufacture on an enormous scale. And as the vaccinations have been rolled out, the economic recovery has been dramatic.  As new variants appear we are still not out of […]
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April 1, 2021 Publications

Andrei Rogobete: The UK Savings Crisis
  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of The UK Savings Crisis: Rediscovering the Principle and Practice of Saving by Andrei Rogobete. A PDF copy can be found here. The publication can also be purchased in paperback by contacting CEME’s offices via email at office@theceme.org     […]
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November 17, 2020 Research

Lord Griffiths: Will Covid-19 kickstart inflation?
Last August, in The Spectre of Inflation, I argued that the remarkable stability of prices in the past 25 years was due to central banks having operational independence and conducting monetary policy with a fixed inflation target of two per cent. While respondents and others put forward a variety of views, all recognised that a surprise […]
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October 9, 2020 Publications

Richard Turnbull: The Social & Economic Teaching of the Hebrew Scriptures
  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of The Social & Economic Teaching of the Hebrew Scriptures, edited by Richard Turnbull. A PDF copy can be found here. The publication can also be purchased in paperback by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org       […]
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August 15, 2020 Research

Brian Griffiths: The Spectre of Inflation
This article was first published in The Article on August 5th 2020.             The Great Moderation For the past 27 years UK governments of all political persuasions have targeted a rate of inflation of 2 per cent as the principal objective of monetary policy. The Bank of England is charged with the implementation of policy and to ensure […]
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June 15, 2020 Research

Graeme Leach: Godonomics – Thoughts on a Biblical Economic Worldview
  A New Online CEME Publication Professor Graeme Leach is Chief Executive of Macronomics, a macroeconomic, geopolitical and future megatrends research consultancy. He is also a visiting professor of economic policy, a senior fellow of the Legatum Institute and a member of the IEA Shadow Monetary Policy Committee. Between 1997 and 2013 he was Chief […]
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March 31, 2020 Research

Richard Turnbull: Will the poor always be with us?
This is a transcript of a lecture given at Hope College (MI. USA) in March 2020. Introduction Well, good evening and thank you very much indeed for the invitation to speak this evening at Hope College. It is a privilege to do so. I come to you with a varied background and training, including economics […]
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November 7, 2019 Publications

Andrew Hartropp: Corporate Executive Remuneration
  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is delighted to announce the publication of  Corporate Executive Remuneration: An Assessment by Dr. Andrew Hartropp. A PDF copy can be found here here. A hardcopy can also be purchased by contacting CEME’s offices at: office@theceme.org                    
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October 28, 2019 Publications

Steven Morris: Lessons From Family Business
  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of The Business of God: Learning from family enterprise by Steven Morris. A PDF copy can be found here. Alternatively, a hardcopy can be purchased by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org
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September 17, 2019 Publications

Edward Carter: God and Competition
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of God and Competition – Towards a Positive Theology of Competitive Behaviour by Edward Carter. A PDF copy can be found here. Alternatively, a hardcopy can be purchased by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org           […]
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February 8, 2019 Research

Lord Griffiths: Things Fall Apart – The Centre Cannot Hold
This is a transcript of a talk given at St Michaels Church, Chester Square, 23rd January 2019. The title I have chosen for this talk, “Things fall apart: the centre cannot hold”, is a line from a poem, the Second Coming, by the Irish poet W.B.Yeats which was published in 1919. It was written against the […]
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January 25, 2019 Publications

Richard Turnbull: Work as Enterprise
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Work as Enterprise: Recovering a Theology of Work by Richard Turnbull. A PDF copy can be found here. Alternatively, the hardcopy version of the publication can be purchased by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org           […]
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January 9, 2019 Publications

Steven Morris: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Doing Good Through The Local Church by Steven Morris. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, a paperback copy can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org                 […]
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September 3, 2018 Publications

Andrei Rogobete: The Challenges of Migration
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of The Challenges of Migration by Andrei Rogobete. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, paperback copies can be purchased by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org                        
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April 25, 2018 Publications

Richard Turnbull: Understanding the Common Good
  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Understanding the Common Good, edited by Richard Turnbull. A copy of the publication can be found here. Alternatively, please contact CEME’s offices for hardcopies via email at: office@theceme.org                      
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April 11, 2018 Publications

Vol. 1 & 2: Making Capitalism Work for Everyone
  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is delighted to announce the publication of Making Capitalism Work for Everyone – Vol. 1 & 2, edited by Richard Turnbull and Tim Weinhold.   Volume 1 can be downloaded here and Volume 2 here. Alternatively, you can order paperback copies via contacting CEME’s offices at: office@theceme.org   […]
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Capital Markets for the Good of Society
July 11, 2017 Publications

Lyndon Drake: Capital Markets for the Good of Society
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Capital Markets for the Good of Society: A Christian Perspective by Lyndon Drake. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, paperback copies can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org An event associated with this publication was held in […]
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June 2, 2017 Publications

Ben Cooper: The Economics of the Hebrew Scriptures
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of The Economics of the Hebrew Scriptures by Ben Cooper. The publication can be found here. Alternatively, for hardcopies please contact CEME’s offices via email at office@theceme.org    
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October 21, 2016 Publications

Andrei Rogobete: Ethics in Global Business
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Ethics in Global Business: Building Moral Capitalism by Andrei Rogobete. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, hardcopies can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org        
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September 29, 2016 Publications

Martin Schlag: Business in Catholic Social Thought
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Business in Catholic Social Thought by Martin Schlag. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, paperback copies can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org or by telephone at, (+44) 0186 5513 453.      
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June 22, 2016 Publications

The Challenge of Social Welfare: Seeking a New Consensus
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of The Challenge of Social Welfare: Seeking a New Consensus by Brian Griffiths, Richard Turnbull, James Perry and Maurice Glasman. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, a hardcopy can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org or by telephone at, (+44) 0186 […]
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June 22, 2016 Publications

Edward Carter: God and Enterprise
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of God and Enterprise: Towards a Theology of the Entrepreneur by Edward Carter. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, hardcopies can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org or by telephone at, (+44) 0186 5513 453.      
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February 19, 2016 Research

Richard Turnbull: The moral challenge of the market
(This is a transcript from a speech given at Exeter University, 2016) Doing God’s business: The morality of the market: a Christian view of the market economy, government and social justice Introduction: The moral challenge of the market Thank you very much indeed for the invitation to lecture this morning on a Christian view on […]
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September 2, 2015 Research

Lord Griffiths: Who is the Good Samaritan today?
  Who is the Good Samaritan today? The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most popular, well-known and compelling stories Jesus ever told. Rather than teaching in an academic and rather dry way by making general statements, Jesus taught people by telling stories which caught their imagination. Invariably the stories were simple, […]
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July 22, 2015 Research

Evangelicals and Poverty
An historical and theological perspective of the way evangelical Christians respond to poverty. This piece is being written by the Director, Revd Dr Richard Turnbull, as a chapter in a book to be published in the USA by the  Institute for Faith, Work and Economics in McLean, Virginia, USA. Please find the paper here.
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July 22, 2015 Research

Starbucks and corporation tax
What are the issues with Starbucks and tax? Dr Richard Turnbull has undertaken a detailed analysis of Starbucks’ accounts and published statements.   His paper is available here.        
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July 22, 2015 Research

Engaging with New Testament Wealth Ethics in the 21st Century
The first in our series of “Conversations in Theology” was held on 15 May 2013 in London. A paper was delivered by our Associate Christopher Hays, to a gathering of around 20 invited guests, interested in the topic “Wealth Ethics in the New Testament”. Please find a copy of the paper here.
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Quaker Capitalism
July 22, 2015 Publications

Quaker Capitalism – Lessons for Today
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics is pleased to announce the publication of Ouaker Capitalism – Lessons for today? by Dr Richard Turnbull.   A PDF version of the publication can be found here. For hardcopies, please contact the CEME office at office@theceme.org On the 26th of November 2014, the Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics […]
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May 24, 2015 Research

Entrepreneurial Leaders Conference – November, 2012
The Revd Dr Richard Turnbull presented a paper at the Entrepreneurial Leaders’ Conference in Vancouver in November 2012 on the topic : Can I be ethical and make money at the same time?    A video of this presentation is now available on the ELO website. Please find Richard Turnbull’s paper here.
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