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Quote by Amartya Sen

“Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent”

Quote by Amartya Sen

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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. more

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