Fairness Across the World: The Nature and Consequences of Inequality Acceptance

Participants

Nobel laureate Professor Sir Angus Deaton, World Bank Senior Economist Varun Gauri, Professor Rohini Somanathan of the University of Delhi and Professor Bertil Tungodden of the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) will discuss the way conceptions of fairness are related to beliefs about the sources of inequality, the cost of redistribution, and attitudes to income inequality.