The YSU Paul J. Thomas Lecture Series presents James Hartley, professor of economics at Mount Holyoke College, in a talk titled The Moral Economy: Revisiting the Ethics of Wealth Creation, on Wednesday, March 19, at 6 pm, in the Williamson College of Business Administration Auditorium at Youngstown State University. Tomi Ovaska, professor of economics at YSU and the Paul J. Thomas Endowed Chair in Economics, will host the lecture, which is free and open to the public.

Hartley has expertise in macroeconomic theory, money and banking and economic growth.