Duncan O'Leary
Duncan works on projects looking at public services, skills and work.
Just a quick post to flag up two roundtable seminars that we are running on The Politics of public behaviour. The blurb and details for the seminars are below – drop me an email if you would like to come along and i'll add you to the list.
The seminars will explore the public implication of private decisions. From diet and smoking to household energy use, pensions saving to parenting, recycling to transport use, we can now see clearly emerging a new set of political issues which have a huge and direct influence on quality of life for millions of people. This will be a chance to examine the role of government in this collection of issues, asking what is a legitimate and desirable role for government in people’s everyday decision-making.
Seminar 1 – July 10th, The Economics of Public Behaviour, 12.00 for a 12.30 start – 14.00am
This seminar will explore the hidden social costs and benefits of everyday decision-making. Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist and the ‘Dear Economist’ column for the Financial Times will open the discussion with some reflections on this set of issues – and how policy should approach them.
Seminar 2 – July 19th, The Ethics of Public Behaviour, 12.00 for a 12.30 start – 14.00am
This seminar will examine the ethical basis for government playing any role in people’s personal decision-making. Perri 6, Demos associate, author, and Professor of Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University will begin the discussion by presenting his ‘Bossiness Index’ of Government Departments.
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