RSA Conversations

What is fairness good for?

Episode Summary

Is fairness a vital principal? Or is it an intellectually dodgy excuse for social meddling? Looking ahead to the many challenges we face in 2021, writer David Bodanis makes the case for fairness and its crucial role in achieving successful outcomes.

Episode Notes

Global crises cause big changes and reveal deep structural weaknesses.  

In this special interview series from the RSA its chief executive, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for one big idea to help build effective bridges to our new future.

David Bodanis is a teacher, advisor, speaker and author of The Art of Fairness

A Tempo & Talker production for the RSA.  

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