April 2, 2012

Sustainable Consumption: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

  • Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Cambridge

Discussants

  • Robert Solow, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University
  • Introduction: Robert C. Lieberman, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs

Celebrated economist Sir Partha Dasgupta delivered a lecture on methods of modeling sustainable consumption, a concept which parallels sustainable production. Nobel laureates in economics Robert Solow and Joseph Stiglitz provided commentary.

Co-Sponsored by the School of International and Public Affairs