Debra Satz

Debra Satz is the Vernon R. and Lysbeth Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, the Marta Sutton Weeks Professor Philosophy, and, by courtesy, Political Science. Her research focuses on the ethical limits of markets, objections to inequality, and issues in practical ethics. In 2004, Satz received the Walter J. Gores Award, Stanford's highest teaching honor.

Among her publications are "Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale: The Moral Limits of Markets" (Oxford University Press, 2010); "Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy and PublicPolicy" (Cambridge University Press, 2016) (with Dan Hausman and Michael McPherson); "Ideas That Matter: Democracy, Justice, Rights" (Oxford University Press, 2019) (with Annabelle Lever) and was a coauthor of the Institute for Fiscal Studies "Deaton Review: Dimensions of Inequality", published by Oxford Open Series in 2024. A co-authored follow up to the Deaton Review, "Changing Inequalities: Causes, Concerns and Consequences" is forthcoming in 2026. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.