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General Audience
Schedule:
5:00 p.m. – Reception with hors d’oeuvres and refreshments
5:45 p.m. – Lecture (livestream begins)
7:00 p.m. – End
Lecture Description:
Who doesn't want to be rich? But why do we want to be rich? It may be true that you cannot buy happiness, but thinking about the positive role wealth can play in a good life might help us avoid the very real danger that money may buy us futility, anxiety, and depression.
This event is free and open to the public. An RSVP for the reception is greatly appreciated.
The Kirby Reading Room is located on the First Floor of the Fuqua School of Business. Consult this map for additional information. The closest parking garage is the Science Drive Garage. $2.00/hour parking may be found by entering off Science Drive near the JB Duke Hotel.
Mary Hirschfeld
John T. Ryan Jr. Associate Professor of Theology and Business Ethics
Mary Hirschfeld is the John T. Ryan Jr. Associate Professor of Theology and Business Ethics at Notre Dame. She is an economist (Harvard, 1989) and theologian (University of Notre Dame, 2013) who works on the boundaries between theology and economics using an approach rooted in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. In addition to her book Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy (Harvard University Press, 2018), she has published on economic inequality, the technocratic paradigm, the finance crisis, and the common good.