Development as Freedom

“Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science, examines why, in a world of unprecedented opulence, millions of people living in rich and poor countries are still unfree.

This book provides an accessible and compelling introduction to Amartya Sen’s influential approach to economics, and to the key elements in a free society: markets, social arrangements, political institutions, and open public discussion.

‘The world’s poor and dispossessed could have no more articulate or insightful a champion among economists than Amartya Sen. By showing that the quality of our lives should be measured not by our wealth but by our freedom, his writings have revolutionized the theory and practice of development.’ Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations”