Update – Tuesday, 5:00 PM: The full menu of lecture recordings is now available. We’ll likely post some video of the evening speakers as well sometime this week. Enjoy!

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It’s hard to believe, but AU 2008 e to a close. From a staff perspective, it’s a strange feeling after a week of nonstop running (and in my case, sweating) to realize that, by golly, I don’t have any lectures to record tomorrow!

A hearty thanks goes out to all of this year’s participants from around the world, as does a fond farewell. A big part of what makes AU great is the quality of the people e to Grand Rapids for a week in order to engage the big ideas that are presented in the lectures below. We hope to see many of you back in 2009.

And I’d be remiss if I failed to acknowledge the amazing work of Kara Eagle and her army of staff and interns, without whom the impossible task of planning, organizing, and actually putting on AU would remain impossible.

Tuesday, June 10

Thoughts on Human Dignity – Rev. Robert A. Sirico

Wednesday, June 11

Economic Thought Before the Enlightenment – Dr. Stephen GrabillTraditionalist Economics: A Critique – Jeffrey TuckerWealth and Poverty in Scripture – Dr. Jonathan WittEnemies of the Inner City – Ismael HernandezThe Limits of Markets: Law and Moral Culture – Fr. Peter LairdCivil Rights and Social Cooperation – Rev. Robert A. SiricoTensions in 18th Century Social Thought – Michael MillerThe Economic Way of Thinking – Dr. Jennifer Roback MorseChristianity and the Idea of Limited Government – Michael MillerMyths About the Market – Dr. Jay RichardsWhy Keynesianism Failed – Dr. Victor Claar19th Century Christian Political Thought – Dr. Carlos Hoevel

Thursday, June 12

A Theology of Stewardship – Dr. Stephen GrabillThe Catholic Social Encyclical Tradition – Kishore JayabalanMarket Economics and the Family – Dr. Jennifer Roback MorseEconomics and Human Action – Dr. Carlos HoevelA Biblical Approach to the Environment – Dr. Jay RichardsIslam, Markets, and the Free Society – Mustafa AkyolBeyond Contracts: Marriage and Sustainable Markets – Dr. Jennifer Roback MorseThe Social Teaching of John Paul II – Fr. Roger LandryThe Nature and Function of Money – Jeffrey TuckerA Theology of Market Capitalism – Lord Brian Griffiths

Friday, June 13

The Ethics of Capital and Interest – Jeffrey TuckerEurope: The Future of the Social Market – Christof ZellenbergLatin America: Challenges and Opportunities – Dr. Carlos HoevelLiberation Theology – Rev. Robert A. SiricoChristianity, International Law, International Institutions – Kishore JayabalanThe Bad News About the Prosperity Gospel – Rev. John NunesPoverty in the Developing World – Michael MillerBusiness as a Moral Enterprise – John BeckettDivorce: Social and Economic Consequences – Fr. Paul HartmannHealthcare and Markets – Grace Marie TurnerPiety and Technique – Rev. Robert A. Sirico