The 2019 Joseph T. McCullen Jr. Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Law, 4/02

The Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy Welcomes

Mary Hirschfeld, PhD

Associate Professor of Economics and Theology, Villanova University

Tuesday, April 2, 2019
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Martin G. McGuinn '67 Ceremonial Courtroom (Room 201)

“Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy”

The 2019 McCullen Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Law will focus on Professor Mary Hirschfeld’s new book, Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy (Harvard University Press, 2018). Professor Hirschfeld’s work focuses on the boundary between economics and theology, specifically through an economic approach based on the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas. This method can be applied to various topics, including consumption economics, economic justice, the common good, the nature of practical reason, and economic methodology. She has presented papers at the University of Notre Dame, University of Southern California, Fondazione Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice, in Milan, Italy, the Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice in Rome and Cambridge University in England.

Respondents Include:

Jonathan Klick '97 CLAS, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Russell Roberts, John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow, Hoover Institution and Host of EconTalk

Thomas W. Smith, PhD, Director of University Honors Program, Anne Quinn Welsh Endowed Chair and Professor of Humanities, Villanova University

This event takes place on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the Martin G. McGuinn '67 Ceremonial Courtroom (Room 201) of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

**This event is free and open to the public.

 The annual Catholic Social Thought and Law Symposium is named for Joseph T. McCullen Jr., in recognition of his generous support of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.