EVENTS | Conferences | May 2008

The Future of Welfare Economics

Tuesday, May 6th
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Emerson 305
25 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by the
Project on Justice, Welfare and Economics, Harvard University

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Program

For more information about the speakers, see the Biographies page:

1:30 pm

Opening remarks
Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor, Harvard University

"How to Implement Social Goals”
Eric Maskin, Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science, Princeton University

Comments
Sir Anthony Atkinson, Professor of Economics, Oxford University

3:00 pm

Coffe Break

3:15 pm

Comments
Sir John Vickers, Drummond Professor of Political Economy, Oxford University

Conclusion by Amartya Sen followed by discussion

Contact information:
Jessica Barnard, Project on Justice, Welfare and Economics
Email: jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu