I research and write at the intersection of economics, capital theory, institutional design, and moral formation.

My work examines how human, intellectual, structural, financial, and ethical capital shape markets, organizations, and public life. Trained as an economist with concentrations in econometrics and corporate finance, I began with questions of cost of capital, productivity, and institutional performance. That inquiry has expanded into a broader concern: how do character, conscience, and formation shape economic systems and long-term outcomes?

My books with Franciscan Institute Publications, including The Virtuous Economy and The Bonfire of the Verities, develop a virtue-centered and Franciscan approach to decision-making, markets, and institutional reform. My CRC Press volumes extend this work into contemporary challenges, including AI as intellectual capital and the emergence of stakeholder consumers as a new macroeconomic signal.

Across all of this work, one conviction remains central: institutions do not form themselves. They reflect the moral and intellectual formation of the people who lead them. Economics, technology, and governance must ultimately be ordered toward human dignity and human flourishing.