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Amartya Sen

  • Amartya Kumar Sen
  • Amartya K. Sen
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Sen, Amartya
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Date of birth
1933-11-03
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Amartya Kumar Sen (Bengali: [ˈɔmortːo ˈʃen]; born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist and philosopher, who has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States since 1972. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and measures of well-being of countries.

He is currently a Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He formerly served as Master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. In 1998, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and in 1999, India's highest civilian honour — Bharat Ratna, for his contribution to welfare economics. The German Publishers and Booksellers Association awarded him the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his pioneering scholarship addressing issues of global justice and combating social inequality in education and healthcare.

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Goodreads Author ID
82531
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0000 0001 2146 9631
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senamartya
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL29815A
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108397636
Wikidata ID
Q132489

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