The Economics of Social Movements — Tim Besley

Ep. 3: Tim Besley. How do people’s values evolve? What drives policy? Tim Besley, of the London School of Economics, has explored these questions focusing on the model of environmentalism. Using the tools of economics, he studies the cultural dynamics that drive social change. Annual Reviews Editor-in-Chief Richard Gallaher interviewed Dr. Besley, who is currently the president of the Econometric Society and an editorial committee member of the Annual Review of Economics. Here’s a lightly edited transcript. Read the full transcript here: https://www.annualreviews.org/shot-of-science/multimedia/economics-of-social-movements Find his profile here: http://www.lse.ac.uk/economics/people/faculty/tim-besley