Dr. Joseph Burke

Assistant Professor of Economics                                     joseph.burke@avemaria.edu

Ave Maria University

5050 Ave Maria Blvd

Ave Maria, FL  34142

Current Projects

The History of Economic Thought                                             Summer 2008

Research

Dairy

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Natural Law and Catholic Social Teaching

Teaching

Principles of Microeconomics                                                     Spring 2007, 08

Intermediate Microeconomics                                                   Spring 2007, 08

Intermediate Macroeconomics                                                 Summer 2007

Introduction to Econometrics                                                     Fall 2006, 07

Industrial Organization and Public Policy                                Fall 2006, Spring 08

Strategic Thinking and Game Theory                                       Fall 2007

History of Economic Thought                                                      Spring 2007, Summer 2008

Catholic Social Teaching                                                                 Fall 2006, 07

Economics of Poverty and Discrimination                              Directed Study, Spring 2008

Recent Presentations

Conference papers available upon request.

 “Benedict’s Reflections on Economics,” presented at the Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Meeting, New York, NY, October 26-7, 2007.

“Distributive Justice and Subsidiarity: The Firm and the State in the Social Order,” presented at the Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Meeting, New York, NY, October 26-7, 2007.

“The Fundamental Welfare Theorems and Natural Law,” presented at the Association for Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting, Harrah’s Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, April 6-8, 2008.