Tutor information
Edward Hadas
Edward Hadas is a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University. He also teaches philosophy, economics, and social theory to visiting American undergraduates. He is the author of Money, Finance, Reality, Morality (2022) and Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking through Catholic Social Teaching (2020).
Courses
The people who live in democracies that are based on universal equality often feel that they are actually governed by an unelected and hierarchical bureaucracy. We will study the pluses and minuses of these rival modern models of operation and control.
There are developed and less developed economies, cultures, communities, and individuals. Can we integrate all these sorts of development into one desirable whole? This class will look at efforts to think holistically about the modern human condition.
Is the modern economy good? A simple question with a complicated answer. We will look at theory and practice, seeing how current arrangements of labour, production and consumption do and do not serve the common and the individual good.
Is capitalism better than socialism? How do we decide? Can democracy thrive under either, or both? How do bureaucracy and technocracy fit in? We will try to answer these questions by looking at the political economy of several countries.
What is capitalism? Can it be truly ethical? We address those crucial questions by looking at economic history and theory, as well as sociology and philosophy. We will study the goods and evils of competition, profits, regulation, and growth.