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Lecture Series

The Economic Ways of Loving

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Grand Rapids, MI

    To be economically literate requires neither formal training nor advanced study. For those with the inclination, the most valuable economic principles can be understood with just a little nurturing of the so-called “economic way of thinking.” On February 14, Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. will share how she sees the economic way of thinking as instructive in some of the ways we can love, too. What does economics have to say about our love for mankind? our neighbors around the globe? the least of these among us? our local communities and families? Integrating a Christian perspective and sound economics, Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. will consider in what cases market exchange can communicate love and in which situations market approaches would only crush it.

    Group discounts for schools and other organizations available.
    Register and pre-pay for 4 lectures and get the 5th free. Call 616.454.3080 to order.

     

    This lecture will be livestreamed @ 12 noon on February 14 for those who cannot join in person.

    Sarah Estelle, Ph.D.
    Sarah Estelle, Ph.D.
    Hope College

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. is an associate professor of economics at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. She is also the founding director of Hope's Markets & Morality student organization, which explores economic issues through a Christian lens and brings speakers and film screenings to campus to enrich the Hope community's understanding of markets. In addition to her work with students, Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. conducts applied microeconomic research on topics including parenting investments, higher education, welfare policy, and criminal justice reform, for which she has been recognized as a Ruch Faculty Fellow. Currently she is researching different conceptions of the role of the state through projects that bridge economic ideas with traditional Christian theology. Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. earned her Ph.D. in economics at the University of Virginia.

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    Location

    Acton Institute | Mark Murray Auditorium
    98 E. Fulton Street
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    United States

    Schedule

    11:30 a.m. Doors open
    12:00 p.m. Lecture begins
    12:30 p.m. Q&A
    1:00 p.m. Lecture ends

    Tickets

    $15 General | $10 Student
    Includes box lunch and beverage

    (Please RSVP at least 48 hours in advance to guarantee a box lunch.)

    Group discounts for schools and other organizations available.
    Register and pre-pay for 4 lectures and get the 5th free. Call 616.454.3080 to order.

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