Event
Grieving the Good of Others
Envy and Economics
Monday, September 20, 2010 | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EDT
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI<br>1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Description
Online registration for this event is closed. Walk-in registrations will be accepted.
Critics of capitalism often argue that this economic system is irretrievably tainted by the sin of greed. They claim that by empowering government to “spread the wealth around” we can free ourselves from the tyranny of greed, purging the influence of sin. But are they right? At this event, Victor Claar, associate professor of economics at Henderson State University, will discuss the role of envy in collectivist and redistributive economic systems. Beginning with an explanation of the classic theological understanding of envy, Claar will argue that “grieving the good of others” is an unavoidable aspect of social democracy.
Agenda
| 5:45 p.m. | Registration | |
| 6:00 | Introduction: | Eric Teetsel, AEI |
| 6:15 | Address: | Victor Claar, Henderson State University |
| 7:00 | Respondents: | Emily Batman, AEI |
| Adam Phillips, ONE | ||
| 7:30 | Question and Answer | |
| 8:00 | Adjournment |
Contact Information
Eric Teetsel
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5866
E-mail: [email protected]
Speaker biographies
Victor V. Claar is a professor of economics at Henderson State University, the public liberal arts university in Arkansas, where he specializes in courses on the principles of economics. He serves on both the graduate faculty and the Honors College faculty. Mr. Claar is the author of Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices (IVP Academic, 2010). Before arriving at Henderson, he taught for nine years at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, as an associate professor. Mr. Claar recently spent a year as a Fulbright scholar, conducting research and giving graduate lectures at the American University of Armenia.
Emily Batman is the program manager for AEI’s National Research Initiative. She is a graduate of Wheaton College, where she studied political science and communication.
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