Normative issues are becoming increasingly central in economics, from optimal income taxation to market design to financial regulation to climate policy. The aim of this conference is to bring together economists and philosophers to discuss the ethical foundations of economic policy evaluations. The conference focuses on themes ranging from global justice and redistribution to freedom of choice to equality of opportunity. The conference also features talks on virtue ethics, generalized social welfare weights, and tagging and meritocratic taxation.
Organizers
Steven Durlauf, Itai Sher, and E. Glen Weyl.
Local Organizers
Ben Laurence, Sankar Muthu, Eric Posner.
Videos
Global Justice and Redistribution: Glen Weyl and Christian Barry
Freedom: Itai Sher and Martin van Hees
Virtue Ethics: Stefanie Stantcheva and Valerie Tiberius
Tagging and Meritocrative Taxation: Kristi Olson and Matt Weinzierl
Equality of Opportunity: Richard Arneson and Sang Yoon (Tim) Lee
Panel Session: Partha Dasgupta, Alan Gibbard, Eric Maskin, and Martha Nussbaum
This conference was the first in a series. For subsequent conferences, see this page.