Theme for 2009-10 lectures: Business as Usual? The Global Economy Crisis and the Future of Capitalism

The recent economic crisis has affected millions of lives and has been met by unprecedented measures by governments and international economic organisations across the world. It has also raised calls for reform of the current capitalist market systems, especially from religious and moral considerations. The Ebor lectures for 2009-10 examine the root causes of the economic crisis, analyse its local and global implications, evaluate the current theory and practice of the capitalist market, and suggest directions for the future of capitalism.

Lectures in the 2009-2010 Series:

14 October 2009, York Minster

Is it Back to Business as Usual After All?

Mr Andreas Whittam Smith - CBE Co-founder and first Editor of The Independent / First Estates Commissioner for the Church of England

25 November 2009, York St John University

Credit, usury and political power: chasing the moneylenders from the temple that is our democracy

Dr Ann Pettifor - Executive Director, Advocacy International / Co-founder of Jubilee 2000 Campaign

10 February 2010, York Minster

What have we learned from the worst financial and economic crisis since the 1930's?

Mr Robert Peston - Business Editor, BBC

24 March 2010, York Minster

The Kings and the Prophets

Rt Hon Tony Benn - President of Stop the War Coalition, Former Chairman of the Labour Party

28 April 2010, York St John University

Crisis or Opportunity? Doing Public Theology after the Crunch

Prof. Elaine Graham - is the Grosvenor Research Professor at the University of Chester and was until October 2009 the Samuel Ferguson Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology at the University of Manchester

26 May 2010, York St John University

Beyond Capitalism Religious Contributions to Greater Wellbeing

Canon Dr John Atherton - William Temple Foundation