Saving + Spending

For the 14th annual Chicago Humanities Festival we considered the theme of Saving + Spending in its various forms: preserving and depleting, withholding and indulging, or sustaining and discontinuing. Extending far beyond the economic realm, our theme dealt with issues at the very center of human relationships and the human experience—the political, cultural, aesthetic, and moral implications of which were explored from the perspective of the humanities and the arts.

Notable Presenters:

Tom Wolfe

Toni Morrison

Lois Lowry

John Ralston Saul