Development As Freedom Amartya Sen Hardcover Book 1999 Politics Economics Social

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Publication Name
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Era
2000s
Original Language
English
ISBN
9780375406195
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375406190
ISBN-13
9780375406195
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Book Title
Development As Freedom
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Development / Economic Development, Public Policy / Social Policy, Political Freedom
Publication Year
1999
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Business & Economics
Author
Amartya Sen
Format
Hardcover

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1.2 in
Item Weight
24.9 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in

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LCCN
99-031061
Reviews
"Fascinating. . . . The overall argument [is] eloquent and probing." --The New York Times "A new approach . . . refreshing, thoughtful, and human. Sen's optimism and no-nonsense proposals leave one feeling that perhaps there is a solution." --Business Week "The . . . perspective that Mr. Sen describes and advocates has great attractions. Chief among them is that, by cutting through the sterile debate for or against the market, it makes it easier to ask sharper questions about public policy." --The Economist From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
330.1/22
Synopsis
Development as Freedomis a general exposition of the economic ideas and analyses of Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. This brilliant and indispensable treatise compellingly analyzes the nature of contemporary economic development from the perspective of human freedom. Freedom, Sen persuasively argues, is at once the ultimate goal of economic life and the most efficient means of realizing general welfare. It is a good to be enjoyed by the world's entire population. Drawing on moral and political philosophy and technical economic analysis, this work gives the nonspecialist reader powerful access to Sen's paradigm-altering vision and vividly shows how he, in the words of the Nobel Prize committee, has both "restored an ethical dimension to the discussion of economic problems" and "opened up new fields of study for subsequent generations of researchers."          To a world divided between those who fear the ruthlessness of the free market under prevailing conditions of global capitalism and those who fear the terror of authoritarian states that stifle indi- vidual liberty as well as initiative,Development as Freedompresents a necessary intellectual and moral framework of analysis and scrutiny. By rigorously addressing one of the largest questions of all--"What is the relation between our economic wealth and our ability to live as we would like?"--Sen allows economics once again, as it did in the time of Adam Smith, to address the social basis of individual well-being and freedom. He also confronts the human dilemma that "despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers--perhaps even the majority--of people." This is a landmark work that shows how in individual human freedom--the exclusive possession, Sen shows, of no particular nation, region or historical, intellectual or religious tradition--lies the capacity for political participation, economic development and social progress.
LC Classification Number
HD75.S455 1999

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