Fordham University’s graduate program in International Political Economy and Development (Fordham IPED), together with Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Inc. (CAPP-USA), the United States affiliate of the Vatican Foundation, will be hosting a conference that will feature a talk by Sir Angus Deaton 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in economics.
The conference on the Health of Nations: Pope Francis’s Call for Inclusion will feature an introductory talk by Bishop Frank Caggiano who is the chair of Catholic Relief Services. The keynote address will then be given by Sir Angus Deaton, the 2015 Nobel laureate in economics and professor of economics at Princeton University.
Deaton is well known for his work on measuring poverty, the relationship between health and wealth, and the origins of inequality. His most recent publication, written with his wife, Anne Case, is Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism.
America Media will livestream the conference from our Lincoln Center campus.
This event is open to the public.