The book is relatively daunting as it is quite long and wordy at times but persevere! Sen spends a lot of that time repeating his points to really hammer them home and help you get to grips with what he’s saying.

What I loved about this book is that it introduced me to economic concepts with no maths whatsoever and although I started reading it just to give me some economic knowledge, I ended up actually really enjoying it. Sen is primarily an economist but he also delves into the political and philosophical implications of how we look at development. In 1988, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science.Having become really interested in applying for PPE, I was trying to find something to read that really explored the link between all three. He is also a senior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, a distinguished fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an honorary fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he previously served as Master. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University.

The Economist About the Author Amartya Sen is currently the Thomas W. 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. Sen describes and advocates has great attractions. Sens optimism and no-nonsense proposals leave one feeling that perhaps there is a solution. The overall argument eloquent and probing. Development as Freedom is essential reading. In the new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers-perhaps even the majority of people-he concludes, it is still possible to practically and optimistically restain a sense of social accountability. 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. 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. Book Synopsis By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development-for both rich and poor-in the twenty-first century. About the Book From the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics comes an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development, for both rich and poor, in the 21st century.

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