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SUMMARY:&quot\;Welfare Now&quot\; - Prof Cass R Sunstein\, Harvard Law Sch
 ool
DTSTART:20220608T160000Z
DTEND:20220608T173000Z
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CONTACT:Andrea Lorenz
DESCRIPTION:Inaugural Cambridge Behavioural Policy Lecture with Prof Cass 
 R Sunstein\, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard.\n\n_Abstract
 _\n\nBehaviorally informed interventions include nudges\, taxes\, subsidie
 s\, bans\, and mandates. In evaluating such interventions\, policymakers s
 hould consider both their welfare effects (including\, for example\, their
  potentially negative effects on subjective well-being) and their effects 
 on distributive justice (including\, for example\, their potentially negat
 ive effects on those at the bottom of the economic ladder).\n\nThe talk wi
 ll address several specific questions :\n\n- What are the aggregate effect
 s on social welfare?\n- Who is likely to be helped and who is likely to be
  hurt?\n- What are the expected effects on the least well-off?\n-Do the we
 lfare benefits to those helped exceed the welfare costs to those hurt?\n\n
 _About the speaker_ \n\nWe are delighted to welcome Prof Cass R Sunstein t
 o Cambridge for the launch event of the El-Erian Institute of Behavioural 
 Economics and Policy.\n\nProf Sunstein is among the most cited and most-re
 ad legal scholars worldwide\; his impact has been equally strong on resear
 ch and policy in the fields of environmental issues\, climate change\, and
  public health.\n\nIn addition to a distinguished academic career he advis
 es governments and corporations worldwide on behaviourally informed regula
 tion to promote sustainability\, safety\, and social issues.\n\nProf Sunst
 ein has served in senior advisory positions under Presidents Obama and Bid
 en\, in roles spanning the White House Office of Information and Regulator
 y Affairs\, the Department of Defense and recently the Department of Homel
 and Security. \n\n_We will facilitate social distancing in the lecture hal
 l as far as possible. However\, please think about your own comfort and sa
 fety and that of other delegates  ahead of the event. We invite all delega
 tes to wear paper masks if they wish to do so._\n\n
LOCATION:Fitzpatrick Hall\, Queens' College\, Cambridge 
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