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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is a transcribed lecture given at the Morlan Pantyfedwen Annual Lecture 2018. I count it a great privilege to be invited to give this lecture not least because of the number of distinguished clergy, theologians and historians who have given it over the past half century. The idea for the subject of the lecture was the […]
Carbon Trading – Unethical, Unjust and Ineffective? by Cameron Hepburn was presented at the “Green Markets, Sustainable Business” conference on Thursday 2nd March 2017, at One Great George Street, London.
(This is a transcript from a speech given at Exeter University) 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 the […]
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, direct […]
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.
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.
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.
Dr Richard Turnbull, Director of CEME, presented a paper to invited guests at the CCLA in London on 24 September 2013. A copy of his paper can be found here.
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.