The cost of homelessness 鈥� both for those who experience it directly and for those living alongside rising homelessness 鈥� has become increasingly difficult to ignore. Political leaders propose various solutions: public subsidies to help people pay for housing, mental health and substance use treatment, or criminal penalties for urban camping.
麻豆传媒官网鈥檚 Markets & Morality student organization has invited economist and former Hope professor as a guest lecturer on this topic. His , titled 鈥淓nding Homelessness: What Really Works?,鈥� will be held on Monday, October 27, at 7 p.m., at Graves Hall on the Hope campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Phillips 鈥� a research professor of economics at University of Notre Dame and the research director at the Lab for Economic Opportunities 鈥� will address how controlled trials allow economists and other social scientists to measure the effectiveness of different options being used today to address homelessness. His talk will summarize what鈥檚 been learned thus far from these trials, what solutions are proving most effective, and where we need to learn more as homelessness continues to rise.
Markets & Morality is co-hosting this event with the department of economics and business, and co-sponsors Center for Ministry Studies, peace and justice, the pre-law society and the department of political science.
About Markets & Morality
Markets & Morality supports and celebrates freedom of expression in the context of the liberal arts by hosting speakers and films on topics spanning the economic, political and cultural aspects of human civilization, with a special concern for human flourishing as understood in Christian perspective.
All Markets & Morality events are free and open to the public. To inquire about accessibility or if accommodations are needed to fully participate in the event, please email accommodations@hope.edu.