Free Markets: the compassionate choice for Christians?

September 29, 2016 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Winston & Strawn LLP

1700 K Street, N.W., 12th Floor, Room 12B, Washington, DC

Some on the left call conservative and libertarian Christians hypocritical for their beliefs. But what if they’re wrong? What if free markets are the most just and compassionate way to end human suffering? Hear Jay W. Richards, Ph.D. discuss the morality of free markets and why they work.
Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is the Executive Editor of The Stream. He is an Assistant Research Professor in the School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. He is author of many books including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated (2013), and Indivisible (2012), co-authored with James Robison. He is also the author of Money, Greed, and God, winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award; and co-author of The Privileged Planetwith astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. His most recent book, co-authored with Jonathan Witt, is The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom that J.R.R. Tolkien Got and the West Forgot. He has a Ph.D., with honors, in philosophy and theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.
This is the first program in a series of Faith & Freedom events.