2019 Liberty, Virtue & Economics Summit

The liberty, virtue and economics summit attempted to tackle these questions. In three topical sessions, speakers discussed how liberty, when coupled with virtue, produces a flourishing society; and, how business and free markets can be a positive force for empowering people and addressing social needs.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

President Ferry, Dr. Dolly Clement

Keynote: Morality, business and free markets

Rev. Robert Sirico

True compassion & a better way to help the poor

Ismael Hernandez

Launch MKE, Teaching entrepreneurialism in north Milwaukee

Dr. Ken Harris

My entrepreneurial journey with Jacarrie’s Kicks for Kids

Jacarrie Carr

Panel: Entrepreneurial approaches to produce human & economic flourishing

Jacarrie Carr, Dr. Ken Harris, Ismael Hernandez

Student Panel: How to apply concepts of liberty, virtue and economics to address poverty and unemployment in your community

Facilitated by Ismael Hernandez

Keynote: Are free markets moral?

Dr. Sam Gregg

Business as Christian vocation

Dr. Chris Armstrong, Kern Family Foundation

Faculty Panel: Vocation and theological perspectives on business

Rev. Dr. Roy Peterson, Rev. Dr. Harald Tomesch, Dr. Van Mobley, David Loy

Facilitated by Tom Keppeler (Prism EDC & Upstart Kitchen)

 A biblical answer to poverty

Anne Rathbone Bradley