Southern economic journal oct 1997 v64 n2 p38418 page 1. Amartya sen begins by identifying a common characteristic of virtually all the contemporary moral approaches to social arrangement. Indeed, this short monograph itself is somewhat repetitive. The noted economist and philosopher amartya sen argues that the dictum all people are created equal serves largely to deflect attention from the fact that we differ in age, gender, talents, and physical abilities as well as in material advantages and social background. Inequality reexamined by amartya sen 9780674452565. Because when some things are equal others are not, he argues, let us equalize higher and more basic values, such as the freedom to achieve objectives. Buy inequality reexamined electronic resource new ed by sen, amartya kumar isbn. The size of inequality and its badness some reflections around temkins inequality. Development strategy and policy analysis unit department of. The book examined the notion of inequality and focussed mainly on the capability approach.
Sen illuminates many of the flaws in standard economic thinking, and how the philosophical underpinnings of economics guide and distort economic reasoning. See all 16 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Even those that are commonly perceived as antiegalitarian advocate equality in some space libertarianism advocates equality of libertarian rights, for example, while utilitarianism assigns equal weight to individual utilities. This book brings together and develops some of the most important economic, social, and ethical ideas sen has explored over the last two. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory. Inequality and the evolution of institutions of taxation.
Read pdf inequality reexamined amartya sen inequality reexamined amartya sen inequality reexamined amartya sen inequality reexamined is a 1992 book by the economist amartya sen. Cambridge, mass wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Amazon price new from used from hardcover please retry. Sen also looks at some types of inequality that have been less. Paper presented at the calouste gulbenkian conference on a joint europe may 1997. Professor sen revisits the issues tackled in his previous seminal work, on economic inequality, first published in 1973, and provides new analyses and insights in this crucial area. In an interview with british politics and policy at lses editor joel suss and europps editor stuart brown, amartya sen discusses thomas pikettys recent work, the consequences of widening inequality, and his views on indias prime minister narendra modi, whose bjp party won the countrys 2014 general election. He argues for concentrating on higher and more basic values. For only if this basic feature is satisfied can a social theory which advocates a set. Inequality reexamined is a 1992 book by the economist amartya sen.
Inequality reexamined paperback march 15 1995 by amartya sen author 4. He presents a systematic treatment of the conceptual framework as well as the practical problems of measurement of inequality. Inequality reexamined russell sage foundation books amartya sen professor sen revisits the issues tackled in his previous seminal work, on economic inequality, first published in 1973, and provides new analyses and insights in this crucial area. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, sen clearly demonstrates its current. In inequality reexamined, sen shows how social and political institutions, as they move toward democracy, characteristically call for an equality to be bestowed. Amartya sen revisits the issues tackled in his previous seminal work, on economic inequality, first published in 1973 and expanded in 1997, and provides new analyses and insights in this crucial area. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in. Sen 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. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Inequality reexamined by sen, amartya, 1933publication date 1992. Capability this concept has renewed the approach of inequality, including that of poverty, both in rich countries than in developing countries, and can be considered as a reformulation of the notion of rawlsian primary goods. Thomas piketty and other academics have documented the growth in income. Inequality reexamined research papers in economics.
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Freedom, sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the worlds entire population. Inequalitythe state of not being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities1is a concept very much at the heart of social justice theories. It examines the claims of equality in social arrangements, stressing that we should be concerned with peoples capabilities rather than either their resources or their welfare. This slim volume leads the reader through all those parts of sens truly vast output that develop the themes with which it. Get ebooks development as freedom on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. Inequality reexamined download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The most basic idea, that one persons equality is anothers inequality, is explored in detail. Inequality reexamined by amartya sen, 1995 online research. Inequality reexamined amartya sen national library of.
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