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Amartya Sen is an Indian economist renowned for his contributions to welfare economics, development economics, and ethics. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979 and is considered one of the most outstanding economists of the 20th century.

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“Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.”

Humans Growth Economic Development Investment Economic Growth Human Development Unethical

Author:Amartya Sen

“There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children”

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Book:Development as Freedom

Source: Development as Freedom

“Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to be the basic development idea: namely, advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live, which is only a part of it.”

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Author:Amartya Sen

“Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.”

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Author:Amartya Sen

About the Author

Born: November 3, 1933
Known for: Economist
Quotes: 154

Books & Sources

Development as FreedomRelated source material

The Idea of JusticeRelated source material

The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and IdentityRelated source material

Choice, Welfare and MeasurementRelated source material

Identity and Violence: The Illusion of DestinyRelated source material

Indian Development: Selected Regional PerspectivesRelated source material

Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and DeprivationRelated source material

Rationality and FreedomRelated source material

Reason Before Identity: The Romanes Lecture for 1998Related source material

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