“Economics and Catholic Social Teaching,” taught by Dr. Gabriel X. Martinez, invites participants to explore economic principles through the lens of the Church’s social doctrine, placing the dignity of the human person and the pursuit of the common good at the center of economic decision-making.

“Economic questions are never purely technical, they are deeply moral,” said Dr. Martinez, professor of economics at Ave Maria University. “The Church gives us a rich tradition to evaluate systems like capitalism and socialism, not only by their efficiency, but by how well they uphold human dignity and promote authentic human flourishing.”

Watch a promo video about the course here.

Dr. Gabriel X. Martinez teaches economics and statistics at Ave Maria University. His interests focus on economics education, international finance and open-economy macroeconomics, financial crises, and Catholic social teaching. He has published on the Ecuadorian financial crisis, on the role of economics and of online education in Newman’s idea of the university, and on Pope Francis’s economic ideas. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame and an MA in Educational Technology Leadership from George Washington University.

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