A simple question but an important one - in a time of fiscal austerity and pay caps for nurses and teachers, can we justify scarce public funds being spent on the arts? Click here to read an article to get you started.
This question is a good one to prepare for.
Use it to show off your powers of persuasion, and analysis.
For a PPE interview, you will be expected to bring in some perspectives from different disciplines, rather than purely Economics.
Play Devil's Advocate against some of your own arguments to see how well you can respond to them.