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DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is in-person only\, and RSVPs are r
 equested to attend. Walk-ins are welcome.\nRegister now!\n\nThe 2025-26 Ta
 nner Lectures feature economist Nicholas Stern discussing the economics of
  an ethically sound world.\n\nThe twin crises of climate change and biodiv
 ersity loss require a rapid restructuring of how we produce\, consume\, an
 d care for the environment. This lecture will explore how a new economics 
 can guide these changes to our systems\, structures\, and technologies tha
 t are necessary to lead us toward a more sustainable\, resilient\, and equ
 itable future. We need an ethically sound public economics where structure
 s are dynamic\, where market failures are taken seriously\, where change i
 s driven by private-sector investment\, and where time matters.\n\n2-day E
 vent Schedule\nLecture by Nicholas Stern with Heather Boushey\nThursday\, 
 March 12\, 5–7pm | Denning House\, Rm 210\nDiscussion Seminar with Nicho
 las Stern\, Simon Caney\, and Gretchen Daily\nFriday\, March 13\, 10am–1
 2pm | Denning House\, Rm 201\n\nThis event is hosted by the McCoy Family C
 enter for Ethics in Society and the Office of the President.\n\nSpeaker:\n
 \nNicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government\, Chair
  of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\
 , Chair of the Global School of Sustainability at the London School of Eco
 nomics. He has held posts at other UK and overseas universities\, and as C
 hief Economist at both the EBRD and the World Bank. He was Head\, UK Gover
 nment Economic Service 2003-2007\, and produced the Stern Review on the ec
 onomics of climate change. He was President of the Royal Economic Society 
 (2018-2019).  He was President of the British Academy (July 2013-2017) and
  was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (June 2014). He was knighted for 
 services to economics (2004)\, made a life peer (2007)\, and appointed Com
 panion of Honour for services to economics\, international relations and t
 ackling climate change in 2017. He has published more than 25 books and 20
 0 articles\, most recent being his open access book\, The Growth Story of 
 the 21st Century (2025).\n\nDiscussant:\n\nHeather Boushey is one of the n
 ation’s most influential voices on economic policy and focuses on the in
 tersection between economic inequality\, growth\, and public policy. She s
 erved in the Biden administration as a member of the Council of Economic A
 dvisers and chief economist to the President’s Invest in Cabinet. She is
  a Professor of Practice at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the U
 niversity of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design and a nonre
 sident fellow at the Reimagining the Economy Project at the Harvard Kenned
 y School. Boushey co-founded and served as the President & CEO of the Wash
 ington Center for Equitable Growth. Her book\, Unbound: How Economic Inequ
 ality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do About It\, which was calle
 d “outstanding” and “piercing” by reviewers\, was on the Financial
  Times list of best economics books of 2019.\n\nThis event will have a vid
 eographer and photographer present to document the event. No personal reco
 rdings (audio or visual) are allowed. By attending\, you consent for your 
 image to be used for Stanford-related promotions and materials. If you hav
 e any questions\, please contact ethics-center@stanford.edu.\n\nIf you req
 uire disability-related accommodation\, please contact disability.access@s
 tanford.edu as soon as possible or at least 7 business days in advance of 
 the event.\n\nSee this link for information about Visitor parking. \n\nLea
 rn more about the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society.
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LOCATION:Denning House\, Room 210
SUMMARY:Economics and Ethics for Sustainable Development in a Changing Worl
 d (Lecture)
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