Thomas E. Woods, Ph.D., an historian and bestselling author, will present "A Catholic Defense of Free-Market Capitalism" at Loyola University Maryland on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 4:30 - 6 p.m. in Knott Hall B03. This event is free and open to the public.
Woods, a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Ala., a research and educational center focused on classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and the Austrian School of economics, is the author of several books, including The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy; How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization; The Church Confronts Modernity; Sacred Then and Sacred Now: The Return of the Old Latin Mass; and two New York Times bestsellers—The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History and Meltdown.
A graduate of Harvard University, Woods holds master's and Ph.D. degrees in history from Columbia University.
This event is part of the Moral Foundations of Capitalism lecture series, with support from the BB&T Foundation.
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