University of Virginia

The St. Anselm Institute and Thomistic Institute present a lecture by Prof. Mary Hirschfeld of Villanova University titled “The Trouble with Money: Aquinas on Desire, Economics, and the Good Life.”

UVA Minor Hall Auditorium

Thursday, Jan. 23

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the lecture: Thomas Jefferson and UVA are all about the "pursuit of Happiness," so what could the Angelic Doctor St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) possibly have to say to us and other high-aspiring overachievers about happiness and our desires for fulfillment and success? Far more than you might think, and we've invited just the right person to be our guide.

About the speaker: Mary Hirschfeld is an assistant professor of economics and theology at Villanova University. She holds doctorates from both Harvard (in economics) and the University of Notre Dame (in theology). Dr. Hirschfeld works along the boundary between economics and theology, specifically by developing an approach to economics that is grounded in the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas, with applications to questions of consumption economics, economic justice, the common good, the nature of practical reason, and economic methodology. She is the author of "Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy" (Harvard, 2018).