Richard Godden: “Divested: Inequality in the Age of Finance”, by Ken-Hou Lin and Megan Tobias Neely
Ken-Hou Lin is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and Megan Tobias Neely is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Stanford...
Richard Turnbull: Is There A Divinely Ordained Economic System?
Graeme Leach, formerly the chief economist at the Institute of Directors, has done us a great service with his expositions on ‘Thoughts on a biblical...
Richard Turnbull: The Morality of the Trade-offs between Health and Economics
For the more libertarian among us, not least economic libertarians, the lifting of the lockdown cannot come quickly enough. Others are either fearful of the...
Richard Godden: “The Wolf at the Door” by Michael J. Graetz and Ian Shapiro
The Wolf at the Door by Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro (published 2020) also comes from a left of centre perspective and is also commendably...
Richard Godden: “The Wolf at the Door” by Michael J. Graetz and Ian Shapiro
The publication of yet another left of centre book asking “What has gone wrong with American capitalism and what should be done to fix it?”...
Book Review
April 21, 2020
Lord Griffiths: “The Future of Capitalism” by Sir Paul Collier
The Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier (published 2018) overtly builds on the philosophical foundations laid by David Hume and Adam Smith and nineteenth century...
Book Reviews
April 21, 2020
Lord Griffiths: “The Future of Capitalism” by Sir Paul Collier
The Future of Capitalism tackles one of the big issues of our time. Its impressive author, Sir Paul Collier, CBE, FBA is a distinguished member...
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...
Book Reviews
October 25, 2019
Trey Dimsdale: “Missional Economics – Biblical Justice and Christian Formation” by Michael Barram
Some of the most important conversations in Christianity today involve questions of justice and how Christians should not only respond as individuals and as members...
Book Review
October 25, 2019
Trey Dimsdale: “Missional Economics – Biblical Justice and Christian Formation” by Michael Barram
Missional Economics: Biblical Justice and Christian Formation engages in the dialogue regarding questions of justice as they relate to economics. It is aimed at Christians...
Book Reviews
January 2, 2019
Kishore Jayabalan: “Aquinas and the Market” by Mary L. Hirschfeld
Aquinas and the Market: Toward A Humane Economy is a pleasant surprise because it takes both economics and theology very seriously. There are probably...