“It Takes a Family to Raise a Village”
February 18th, 2008Student Group Speaker Series
“It Takes a Family to Raise a Village”
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, February 14, 2008
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Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse speaks on “It takes a family to raise a village.” Dr. Morse offers the following synopsis of her presentation:
“I will do three things in this lecture. First, I will show how the breakdown of marriage leads necessarily to the expansion of the state. Without the family doing its job, the state will necessarily grow larger, more expensive and more intrusive. Second, I will show how Marxist categories of analysis have influenced discussions of women and family. Marxism has failed as an economic system. But Marxism lingers on in its analysis of marriage. Finally, I will offer an alternative to this Marxist-driven model.”
Dr. Morse holds a doctorate in economics and was a professor for 15 years, teaching at Yale and George Mason. She is now a part-time Research Fellow at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and is also a regular columnist in the National Catholic Register. She writes and speaks about love, marriage, sexuality and the family, as well as economics.
And if you are interested by her presentation today, Dr. Morse has also authored books entitled Love & Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn’t Work and Smart Sex: Finding Life Long Love in a Hook Up World.
There is a question and answer period after Dr. Morse’s presentation.
The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 14, 2008.
