Transforming society in dark times: economics and politics for the common good

'CAFOD is delighted to host a dialogue between two eminent thinkers - Professor Anna Rowlands, and Dr Anthony M. Annett.

Tony Annett is a Gabelli Fellow at Fordham University and a senior adviser at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has a PhD in economics from Columbia University and spent two decades at the International Monetary Fund. He is also a member of the College of Fellows of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.

Anna Rowlands is St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice, Durham University, and Chair of the UK Centre for Catholic Social Thought & Practice. Her research interests include forced migration, political theology and Catholic Social Thought.

Each has recently authored a book on the multiple and interconnected challenges facing us today. Tony Annett is the writer of 'Cathonomics: how Catholic Tradition can create a more just economy.' And Anna Rowlands has recently published, 'Towards a politics of communion: Catholic Social Teaching in Dark Times.'