Roderic Hewlett is an economist, scholar, and author whose work explores Character Economics, Virtuous Economics, and the institutional structures that foster human flourishing. His writing examines how human formation, ethical capital, and stakeholder relationships shape economic systems, leadership, and emerging technologies. Drawing from the Franciscan intellectual tradition, Hewlett integrates virtue, sustainability, and moral responsibility into modern economic and organizational thought. He is the author of multiple books on ethics, capital theory, AI, and Franciscan perspectives on decision-making and institutional development.
In Development
More is on the way: additional works on character economics, educational transformation, and institutional design—each exploring how formation precedes performance and how the alignment of capital and conscience determines the durability of societies.
Beyond Algorithms: Reframing AI as Intellectual Capital for Human Flourishing (CRC Press, forthcoming July 2026) reframes AI not as human capital but as intellectual capital that must be governed, measured, and aligned with human dignity.
Stakeholder Consumers in the Age of AI: A New Macroeconomic Signal in a Post-Intervention Economy (CRC Press, forthcoming 2027) advances a stakeholder-augmented macroeconomic model that integrates ethical capital, AI as a market mediating signal, consumer signaling, and long-horizon institutional accountability.
The Secular Franciscan Way of Life: Called, Commissioned, and Committed (Franciscan Institute Publications, in press, forthcoming 2027) offers a formation-centered vision of vocation, mission, and disciplined discipleship for Secular Franciscans in the modern Church.
Contributed Chapter 2024 (Franciscan Institute Publications): A Global Trust: United States Fiscal and Monetary Policies That Establish Institutional Justice
Contributed Chapters and Book Sections
Bringing moral clarity to ROI, monetary policy, and the stewardship of public institutions.
Contributed Chapter 2022 (Routledge): ROI and Shared Governance