The Tawney Dialogue 2016 - Economics for the Common Good?

Next week, John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor will present his arguments on 'Economics for the Common Good' at Christians on the Left's annual set-piece event 'The Tawney Dialogue'. The Dialogue will be held on 13 April at 6.40pm to 8.40pm at The Chapel, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster.

McDonnell has featured regularly on the news in recent weeks, most recently calling George Osborne's budget "fundamentally divisive and unfair". Ruth Mawhinney of Christian Today will be chairing the event where Daniel K Finn, Professor of Theology and Clemens Professor of Economics at St. John's University in Minnesota, will be presenting the theological case for a new economy.

Finn and McDonnell will both present their cases before taking part in a chaired conversation and receiving questions from the floor.

As Shadow Chancellor, McDonnell is the Government's foremost critic on economic issues. Before running Jeremy Corbyn's successful leadership campaign, he served as Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group in Parliament, the Labour Representation Committee and the Public Services Not Private Profit Group. Alongside Jeremy Corbyn, he has been seen as a key proponent of democratic socialism within the Labour Party. He has been an MP since 1997.

Daniel K Finn is an international speaker, writer and researcher and lectures in ethics and economics, morality, markets and international trade. Finn has written many prominent books including "The Moral Ecology of Markets" and "Christian Economic Ethics".

Andy Flannagan, Director of Christians on the Left says: "It is not every day you get the chance to listen to someone who is both a professor of economics and a professor of theology. The collision of these two disciplines is so badly needed in our world, as exposed by the chancellor's recent budget." He added, "Come join us as we grapple with how to create an economy that serves the people, rather than a people that serve the economy."

Full details are at www.christiansontheleft.org.uk

Christians on the Left, formerly the Christian Socialist Movement, brings together Christians on the left of politics. It is affiliated to, but independent of, the Labour Party, and counts many Labour MPs and peers amongst its members.