UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

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Brux, Jacqueline

Dr. Jacqueline Murray Brux

Jacqueline Brux

Emeritus / Honored Retiree

Email: jacqueline.m.brux@uwrf.edu

Emeritus Professor of Economics and Founder/Director of the Center for International Development

Development Economist with Experience Throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, & Europe

Author, Economic Issues and Policy (2022), 8th Edition

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Wessex Learning

Latest Book


A Populist, a Pope, and the Soul of a Nation:
Fratelli Tutti in an Age of Global Trumpism (2023)

  • Explains the Pope’s disdain for the rightwing ideologies of populism, nationalism, & unrestrained capitalism.
  • Tells the stories of the people “discarded” by populism and “exploited” by capitalism.
  • Uses the pope’s concept of “visits” as a metaphor for “compassionate encounters.”
  • Uses truth-telling & compassionate encounters bring healing to our broken world.

Available at Amazon and WIPF and Stock Publishers

A Populist, a Pope, and the Soul of a Nation

 

Brux Book themes

Please contact Dr. Brux via email to request a presentation or to lead a discussion group on the book.