Amartya Sen

About Amartya Sen

Amartya Kumar Sen, born November 3, 1933, is an Indian economist and philosopher who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. He has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and measures of well-being. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998.

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