Sen, Amartya 1933- creator text bibliography nyu 1999 1999 1st ed. monographic eng

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xvi, 366 p : ill ; 25 cm "General exposition of the economic ideas and analyses of Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. This treatise analyzes the nature of contemporary economic development from the perspective of human freedom"--Jacket. The perspective of freedom -- The ends and the means of development -- Freedom and the foundations of justice -- Poverty as capability deprivation -- Markets, state and social opportunity -- The importance of democracy -- Famines and other crises -- Women's agency and social change -- Population, food and freedom -- Culture and human rights -- Social choice and individual behavior -- Individual freedom as a social commitment. Amartya Sen. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-351) and index. Economic development Liberty Economics Social history Freedom Social Conditions HD75 .S455 0385720270 9780385720274 99031061 http://site.ebrary.com/id/2002145 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random042/99031061.html http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stanford/Doc?id=2002145 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/99031061.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/99031061.html http://site.ebrary.com/id/2002145 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random042/99031061.html http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stanford/Doc?id=2002145 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/99031061.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/99031061.html DLC 990421 20240712095438.0 ocm41404591 eng