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.

Schedule

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

Photographs

This conference was the first in a series. For subsequent conferences, see this page.