Thu Oct 22 – Fri Oct 23 · 10am
Capitalism and Economic Justice: Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250
Thu Oct 22 / Fri Oct 23 · 10am
A two-day conference for the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations brings Smith scholars together with experts on Catholic Social Thought. Harvard's Benjamin Friedman, author of Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, gives the first plenary lecture and Jennifer Herdt of Yale Divinity School the second, "The Myth of Endless Growth and the Forfeiture of Happiness." Panelists include Charles Griswold of Boston University and Samuel Fleischacker.