Harding University hosts economist Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley at distinguished lecture series

The Harding University American Studies Institute will host George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and vice president of academic affairs at The Fund for American Studies Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley as part of its distinguished lecture series at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 13, in the Benson Auditorium. Bradley’s lecture is titled “Biblical Human Flourishing and Economic Freedom."

Bradley teaches economics at George Mason University and previously served as the vice president of economic initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics, where she continues to research a systematic biblical theology of economic freedom. She also is a professor of economics at The Institute for World Politics and Grove City College. Bradley is co-editor and author of Counting the Cost: Christian Perspectives on Capitalism, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty, and Be Fruitful and Multiply: Why Economics is Necessary for Making God-Pleasing Decisions. Her new book, The Political Economy of Terrorism, was co-authored with Christopher Coyne and Abby Hall and is forthcoming in 2023. She received her doctorate in economics from George Mason University in 2006.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit harding.edu/asi or call 501-279-4497. For other Harding events and free and low cost services available to the community, visit harding.edu/community .

Harding University is a private Christian, liberal arts university located in Searcy, Arkansas. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, it is the largest private university in the state. Harding’s student body represents students from across the U.S. and more than 50 nations and territories. The University offers more than 110 undergraduate majors; 14 preprofessional programs; more than 40 graduate and professional programs; as well as numerous study abroad opportunities including locations in Australasia, Peru, England, Greece, Italy and Zambia. For more information, visit harding.edu .