Jess Flanigan is an Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law and the Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics & Democratic Values at the University of Richmond where she teaches ethics and critical thinking classes. Her … Read more

  Economics has always been shadowed by a movement denouncing its practitioners, attacking its assumptions, rejecting its conclusions, and protesting its influence. Historian of economics William Oliver Coleman calls the movement anti-economics. But what used to be an innocent pastime … Read more

Pizza will be available after the talk, so stick around! This event satisfies a CLE credit. *The venue for this event has a max capacity of 91; once the room has filled, no one else will be allowed entry, so arrive … Read more

The Politics of Self-Destruction explores Rousseau’s idea that people in commercial societies are on an endless quest for happiness yet only manage to orchestrate their own destruction. Rousseau’s insight seems more convincing today, in the face of imminent environmental disaster, … Read more