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Development as Freedom

By: Amartya Sen

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Paperback | 15 August 2000

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With analytical brilliance and moral persuasiveness, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen presents a landmark work that puts individual freedom at the center of a comprehensive analysis of today's global economy. This magisterial synthesis of the ideas and perspective that won Professor Sen the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science provides an accessible, paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century. 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 world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. By considering the question 'What is the relation between our economic wealth and our ability to live as we would like?' Sen is able to make global economics once again address the social basis of individual well-being and freedom. His perspective allows us to practically--and even optimistically--confront the modern dilemma that 'despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers--perhaps even the majority--of people.'

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"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

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction: Development as Freedom	p. 3
The Perspective of Freedom	p. 13
The Ends and the Means of Development	p. 35
Freedom and the Foundations of Justice	p. 54
Poverty as Capability Deprivation	p. 87
Markets, State and Social Opportunity	p. 111
The Importance of Democracy	p. 146
Famines and Other Crises	p. 160
Women's Agency and Social Change	p. 189
Population, Food and Freedom	p. 204
Culture and Human Rights	p. 227
Social Choice and Individual Behavior	p. 249
Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment	p. 282
Notes	p. 299
Index by Name	p. 353
Index by Subject	p. 361
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