Amartya Sen

Development as Freedom is a book by economist Amartya Sen, published in 1999, which focuses on international development.

The Argumentative Indian is a book written by Nobel Prize winning Indian economist Amartya Sen. It is a collection of essays that discuss India's history and identity, focusing on the traditions of public debate and intellectual pluralism. Martha Nussbaum says the book "demonstrates the importance of public debate in …

Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny is a book by Amartya Sen.

Inequality Reexamined is a book by Amartya Sen. In the book Sen evaluates the different perspectives of the general notion of inequality, focusing mainly on his well known capability approach. The author argues that inequality is a central notion to every social theory that has stood on time. For only if this basic …

Comment concilier l'efficacité économique avec le respect de la justice et de la liberté ? En couronnant Amartya Sen en 1998, les jurés du prix Nobel d'Économie ont reconnu que la science économique ne se réduisait pas à la tradition dominante, celle de l'utilitarisme. Les comportements individuels et les choix …