Amartya Sen
Indian economist and philosopher (1933-)
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Indian economist who won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for rethinking how we measure human welfare and development. Sen spent decades reshaping welfare economics and social choice theory from posts in England and the US.
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Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has taught and worked in England and the United States since 1972. In 1998, he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics. He has also made major contributions to social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and the measures of well-being of countries.
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