Amartya Sen
Articles by Amartya Sen
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Ideas
The economist manifesto
- 23 April 2010
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The 18th-century philosopher Adam Smith wasn’t the free-market fundamentalist he is thought to have been. It’s time we realised the relevance of his ideas to today’s financial crisis.
Politics
Finding our common ground
- 31 July 2006
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The Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen was once famously described as the "conscience of his profession". In a career spanning four decades, he has consistently addressed issues such as inequality, poverty and the human costs of economic development. In his new book, Identity and Violence, Sen questions the concept of human identity, showing how a person's sense of belonging to a particular ethnic, religious or social group can, in certain circumstances, lead them to behave with otherwise unthinkable murderous venom.
