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Development as Freedom

by Amartya Sen
Development as Freedom
Development as Freedom

Economic growth redefined through human freedom.

If you're looking for a read that reshapes how you view economic development, "Development as Freedom" by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen explores how true progress combines economic growth with the expansion of human freedoms. It's an exceptional blend of deep humanitarian insights and rigorous economic analysis that will give you a fresh perspective on what it means for a society to flourish. Sen's argument that freedom is both the goal and the engine of economic development challenges traditional views and offers a hopeful, inclusive vision for the future.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Development as Freedom

by Amartya Sen
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ISBN: 9780385720274
Authors: Amartya Sen
Publisher: Anchor
Date of Publication: 2000-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, History, Economics, Politics
Related Topics: History, Politics, Social Science, History, Political Science
Goodreads rating: 4.1
(rated by 6767 readers)

Description

By the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and 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. 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 regain a sense of social accountability. Development as Freedom is essential reading.
 

Economic growth redefined through human freedom.

If you're looking for a read that reshapes how you view economic development, "Development as Freedom" by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen explores how true progress combines economic growth with the expansion of human freedoms. It's an exceptional blend of deep humanitarian insights and rigorous economic analysis that will give you a fresh perspective on what it means for a society to flourish. Sen's argument that freedom is both the goal and the engine of economic development challenges traditional views and offers a hopeful, inclusive vision for the future.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.