Esther Duflo on "Human Values and the Design of the Fight against Poverty"

The Mahindra Humanities Center and the Office of the President at Harvard present

Esther Duflo
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wednesday-Friday
May 2-4, 2012

Lecture 1
“Paternalism versus Freedom?”
Wednesday, May 2, 4pm
Lowell Lecture Hall

Introductions by:
Drew Gilpin Faust
President, Harvard University

Homi K. Bhabha
Director, Mahindra Humanities Center

Respondents:
Angus Deaton
Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University

Amartya Sen
Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University

Lecture 2, May 3
Seminar, May 4

Seating is limited/Open to the public/No tickets required.