How a Broader Appreciation of ‘Value’ Can Contribute to Better Policy Making
- 👤 Speaker: Helen Kersley, Programme Head, Valuing what Matters, New Economics Foundation (nef)
- 📅 Date & Time: Friday 11 November 2011, 13:00 - 14:00
- 📍 Venue: Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4
Abstract
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Short-term considerations and a focus primarily on economic factors and returns dominate public policy-making. This carries major consequences for the potential misallocation of society’s resources. But it also leaves a deficit in terms of transparency and accountability. This seminar will look into the consequences for policy-making of taking a broader view of value, which considers social, economic and environmental factors with equal weight and across the longer-term. What are the barriers to policy-makers adopting such an approach and can these be overcome?
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Helen Kersley, Programme Head, Valuing what Matters, New Economics Foundation (nef)
Friday 11 November 2011, 13:00-14:00