Charles M.A. Clark

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Professor

Economics
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

St. John's University

Charles M.A. Clark is a Professor of Economics in The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University and is a Senior Vincentian Research Fellow. His research interests include poverty and income inequality and Catholic social thought. He is the author or co-author of ten books, the most recent being Rich and Poor (2010) and Rethinking Abundance: Interdisciplinary Essays within the Catholic Social Thought Tradition (2006) and over 100 journal articles and chapters in books. Dr. Clark serves as an expert to the Holy See Mission to the United Nations on Financing for Development and Economics. He has taught and lectured internationally and holds a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in New York.

Academic Background

  • Ph.D., Economics, New School for Social Research

Research Interests

  • Catholic social thought, poverty, and income distribution

Affiliation with the Center

Senior Vincentian Research Fellow,
Class of 2000

"Being a Vincentian Center Fellow has influenced and redefined my work as an economist and scholar.It has played a key role in my transition from being an economist who happened to be Catholic, to being a Catholic economist."

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June 4-8, 2012

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