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