The CREDO Service Committee is happy to announce that we have partnered with the two largest national networks of Catholic business professionals, Legatus and Young Catholic Professionals (YCP), to connect CREDO members with service opportunities in their local areas. Legatus is an international organization of Catholic laymen and laywomen, and is comprised of CEOs,…
CREDO is hosting three events this upcoming ASSA meeting. You can find the details below. We hope to see you there! Saturday, January 6 – 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (CST) Paper Session: Economics for the Vulnerable (O1) Place: Convention Center, 222 Chair: Jeanne Lafortune, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Sunday, January 7 – 9:15 AM…
Dear readers, This January, CREDO will have its annual keynote lecture. The speaker will be Anton Korinek, Professor at the University of Virginia, in the Department of Economics and the Darden School of Business. His talk is titled The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Economic, Social, and Spiritual Challenges. The event will be online, on Tuesday 16th January at 12pm EST.…
This is my farewell address after 10 years as president of CREDO. Ten years ago, around 30 of us were the initial members of CREDO, a group that grew out of a series of conferences organized by the Lumen Christi Institute under the encouragement of Cardinal George and with my assistance. Much has changed in…
In line with CREDO’s Bylaws, this November 2 we held an election for President, Vice President and three executive board members. We are happy to announce the official results:– President: Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde (previously, Vice-President)– Vice President: Gian Luca Clementi – Board Member: Luis Cabral– Board Member: Valerie Ramey (previously, also board member)– Board Member: Ulrike…
Dear readers, we hope you had a great summer break (if in the northern hemisphere). CREDO seminars are back next month and we have the lineup for this year complete (there are still spaces available for next year). We start September 8 with Mark Hoipkemier (University of Navarra, Spain). His talk is titled “Three Rival…
In partnership with CREDO, the Lumen Christi Institute is cosponsoring a monthly CREDO Economics and Catholic Social Thought Virtual Workshop. The interdisciplinary workshop will take place online the second Friday of each month and feature papers addressing the intersecting domains of Economics and Catholic Social Thought. We welcome all papers on this interdisciplinary boundary. Since…
Happy new year to all from CREDO! After the success of CREDO’s first online Rosary, we start 2023 with two more online Rosary meetings (for access link hover on date): Jan. 6 at noon ET Jan. 21 at 1pm ET The goal of the initiative is to pray together and get to know other Catholic…
Wondering about who join CREDO’s mentoring program? Or why do they join? Or what do they do? Here we bring to you a short interview with one of the mentorees. We hope it inspires more mentorees! Tell us about yourself (academic profile, faith, …) I am currently a 2Y student in Northwestern University’s Financial Economics…
Dear readers, As it is a recurrent tradition now, this month we have CREDO’s inaugural annual keynote lecture. The speaker will be Melissa S. Kearney, a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. Her talk is titled The Family Gap: How inequality in family structure is widening class gaps in society. The event will be online,…