Amartya Sen
Born	November 3, 1933 (1933-11-03) (age 74) Santiniketan, India
Residence	U.S.
Nationality	‎ Indian
Field	Economics
Institutions	Harvard University (2004 - ) Cambridge University (1998-2004) Harvard University (1988-1998) Oxford University (1977-88) London School of Economics (1971-77) Delhi School of Economics (1963-71) Cambridge University (1957-63) Jadavpur University (1956-58)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge (Ph.D.)(B.A.) Presidency College, Kolkata (B.A.)
Known for	Welfare Economics Human development theory
Notable prizes	Nobel Prize in Economics (1998) Bharat Ratna (1999)
Religion	Hindu

Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon) (Bengali: অমর্ত্য কুমার সেন Ômorto Kumar Shen) (born 3 November 1933), is an Indian economist, philosopher, and a winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences (Nobel Prize for Economics) in 1998, "for his contributions to welfare economics" for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, and political liberalism. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Santiniketan (Bangla: শান্তিনিকেতন Shantiniketôn) is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... 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From 1998 to 2004 he was Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University, becoming the first Asian academic to head an Oxbridge college. Amartya Sen is interested in the debate over globalization. He has given lectures to senior executives of the World Bank and is a former honorary president of Oxfam. Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names King’s Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Oxbridge is a name used to refer to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world. ... The rise of multinational corporations and outsourcing have played a crucial part in globalization. ... The World Bank logo The World Bank (the Bank) is a part of the World Bank Group (WBG), is a bank that makes loans to developing countries for development programs with the stated goal of reducing poverty. ... Oxfam International logo Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. ...

Among his many contributions to development economics, Sen has produced work on gender inequality. He is currently the Lamont University Professor at Harvard University. Amartya Sen's books have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a trustee of the Economists for Peace and Security. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Harvard redirects here. ...

Education and career

Sen was born in Santiniketan, West Bengal, the University town established by the poet Rabindranath Tagore, another Indian Nobel Prize winner. His ancestral home was in Wari, Dhaka in modern-day Bangladesh. Rabindranath Tagore is said to have given Amartya Sen his name ("Amartya" meaning "immortal"). , Santiniketan (Bangla: শান্তিনিকেতন Shantiniketôn) is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). ... , West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... The Ancestral Home (Dom Ojczysty) is a political party in Poland, founded after the elections. ... Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bengali: Ḍhākā; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ...

Sen began his high-school education at St Gregory's School in Dhaka in 1941, in modern-day Bangladesh. His family migrated to India following partition in 1947. Sen studied in India at the school system of Visva-Bharati University and Presidency College, Kolkata before moving to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a First Class BA in 1956 and then a Ph.D. in 1959. He was also allowed four years to immerse himself in philosophical issues during his stay at Trinity College. St. ... Established by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, the Visva Bharati University (Bangla: বিশ্ব-ভারতী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), located at Santiniketan, West Bengal in India is a Central University. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names King’s Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ...

He has taught economics at University of Calcutta, Jadavpur University, Delhi, Oxford (where he was first a Professor of Economics at Nuffield College and then the Drummond Professor of Political Economy and a Fellow of All Souls College), London School of Economics, Harvard and was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, between 1998 and 2004. In January 2004 Sen returned to Harvard. He is also a contributor to the Eva Colorni Trust at the former London Guildhall University. Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) (Bengali: কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), located in the city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta), India, is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. ... Jadavpur University (Bengali: যাদবপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) (JU) is a premier educational and research institution in India. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ... The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... College name Nuffield College Named after Lord Nuffield Established 1937 Sister College None Warden Stephen Nickell Undergraduates None Graduates 74 Homepage Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. ... All Souls College (in full: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Mascot Beaver Affiliations University of London Russell Group EUA ACU CEMS APSIA Universities UK U8 Golden Triangle G5 Group Nobel laureates 14 Website http://www. ... Harvard redirects here. ... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names King’s Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... London Guildhall University previously the City of London Polytechnic before the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 changed its status to a university. ...

In May 2007, he was appointed as chairman of Nalanda Mentor Group to steer the execution of Nalanda University Project, which seeks to revive the ancient seat of learning at Nalanda, Bihar, India into an international university. Remains at Nalanda Nalanda is a historical place in central Bihar, India, 90 km south-east of the state capital of Patna. ... This article is about the ancient town and university. ...

Important works

Sen's seminal papers in the late sixties and early seventies helped develop the theory of social choice, which first came to prominence in the work by the American economist Kenneth Arrow, who, while working in the fifties at the RAND Corporation, famously proved that all voting rules, be they majority voting or two thirds-majority or status quo, must inevitably conflict with some basic democratic norm. Sen's contribution to the literature was to show under what conditions Arrow's Impossibility Theorem would indeed come to pass as well as to extend and enrich the theory of social choice, informed by his interests in history of economic thought and philosophy. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Social choice theory studies how individual preferences are aggregated to form a collective choice, such as, for example in voting systems. ... Kenneth Joseph Arrow (born August 23, 1921) is an American economist, joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972, and the youngest person ever to receive this award, at 51. ... The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces. ... Simple majority voting is a straightforward form of voting whereby the option with a simple majority of votes wins. ... A supermajority or a qualified majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level or type of support which exceeds a simple majority in order to have effect. ... This article is about the English rock band. ... Democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry. ... In voting systems, Arrow’s impossibility theorem, or Arrow’s paradox, demonstrates that no voting system can possibly meet a certain set of reasonable criteria when there are three or more options to choose from. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ...

In 1981, Sen published Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation, a book in which he demonstrated that famine occurs not only from a lack of food, but from inequalities built into mechanisms for distributing food. Sen's interest in famine stemmed from personal experience. As a nine-year-old boy, he witnessed the Bengal famine of 1943, in which three million people perished. This staggering loss of life was unnecessary, Sen later concluded. He believed that there was an adequate food supply in India at the time, but that its distribution was hindered because particular groups of people—in this case rural labourers—lost their jobs and therefore their ability to purchase the food. In his book Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981), Sen revealed that in many cases of famine, food supplies were not significantly reduced. In Bengal, for example, food production, while down on the previous year, was higher than in previous non-famine years. Thus, Sen points to a number of social and economic factors, such as declining wages, unemployment, rising food prices, and poor food-distribution systems. These issues led to starvation among certain groups in society. His capabilities approach focuses on positive freedom, a person's actual ability to be or do something, rather than on negative freedom approaches, which are common in economics and simply focuses on non-interference. In the Bengal famine, rural laborers' negative freedom to buy food was not affected. However, they still starved because they were not positively free to do anything, they did not have the functioning of nourishment, nor the capability to escape morbidity. The Bengal famine of 1943 is one amongst the several Famines that occurred in British administered undivided Bengal (now independent Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal) in 1943. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Capability Approach. ... Positive liberty, an idea that was first expressed and analyzed as a separate conception of liberty by John Stuart Mill but most notably described by Isaiah Berlin, refers to the ability to act to fulfill ones own potential, as opposed to negative liberty, which refers to freedom from the... The philosophical concept of negative liberty is the absence of coercion from others. ...

In addition to his important work on the causes of famines, Sen's work in the field of development economics has had considerable influence in the formulation of the Human Development Report, published by the United Nations Development Programme. This annual publication that ranks countries on a variety of economic and social indicators owes much to the contributions by Sen among other social choice theorists in the area of economic measurement of poverty and inequality. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The United Nations Development Programe (UNDP), the United Nations global development network, is the largest multilateral source of development assistance in the world. ...

Sen's revolutionary contribution to development economics and social indicators is the concept of 'capability' developed in his article "Equality of What." He argues that governments should be measured against the concrete capabilities of their citizens. This is because top-down development will always trump human rights as long as the definition of terms remains in doubt (is a 'right' something that must be provided or something that simply cannot be taken away?). For instance, in the United States citizens have a hypothetical "right" to vote. To Sen, this concept is fairly empty. In order for citizens to have a capacity to vote, they first must have "functionings." These "functionings" can range from the very broad, such as the availability of education, to the very specific, such as transportation to the polls. Only when such barriers are removed can the citizen truly be said to act out of personal choice. It is up to the individual society to make the list of minimum capabilities guaranteed by that society. For an example of the "capabilities approach" in practice, see Martha Nussbaum's Women and Human Development. The Capability Approach is a conceptual framework developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum for evaluating social states in terms of human well-being (welfare). ... The word citizen may refer to: A person with a citizenship Citizen Watch Co. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Voting is a method of decision making wherein a group such as a meeting or an electorate attempts to gauge its opinion—usually as a final step following discussions or debates. ... A polling station situated inside a suburban library in the north of Cambridge during the United Kingdom general election, 2005. ... Martha Nussbaum Martha Nussbaum (born Martha Craven on May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy and ethics. ...

He wrote a controversial article in the New York Review of Books entitled "More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing", analyzing the mortality impact of unequal rights between the genders in the developing world, particularly Asia. Other studies, such as one by Emily Oster, have argued that this is an overestimation. The New York Review of Books (or NYRB) is a biweekly magazine on literature, culture, and current affairs published in New York which takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...

Sen was seen as a ground-breaker among late twentieth-century economists for his insistence on discussing issues seen as marginal by most economists. He mounted one of the few major challenges to the economic model that posited self-interest as the prime motivating factor of human activity. While his line of thinking remains peripheral, there is no question that his work helped to re-prioritize a significant sector of economists and development workers, even the policies of the United Nations. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ...

Welfare economics seeks to evaluate economic policies in terms of their effects on the well-being of the community. Sen, who devoted his career to such issues, was called the "conscience of his profession." His influential monograph Collective Choice and Social Welfare (1970), which addressed problems related to as individual rights (including formulation of the liberal paradox), justice and equity, majority rule, and the availability of information about individual conditions, inspired researchers to turn their attention to issues of basic welfare. Sen devised methods of measuring poverty that yielded useful information for improving economic conditions for the poor. For instance, his theoretical work on inequality provided an explanation for why there are fewer women than men in India and China in spite of the fact that in the West, and also in poor but medically unbiased countries, women have lower mortality rates at all ages, live longer, and make a slight majority of the population. Sen claimed that this skewed ratio results from the better health treatment and childhood opportunities afforded boys in those countries, as well as sex-specific abortion. The liberal paradox is a logical paradox advanced by Amartya Sen, building on the work of Kenneth Arrow and his general possibility theorem, which showed that within a system of menu-independent social choice, it is impossible to have both a commitment to Minimal Liberty, which was defined as the...

Governments and international organizations handling food crises were influenced by Sen's work. His views encouraged policy makers to pay attention not only to alleviating immediate suffering but also to finding ways to replace the lost income of the poor, as, for example, through public-works projects, and to maintain stable prices for food. A vigorous defender of political freedom, Sen believed that famines do not occur in functioning democracies because their leaders must be more responsive to the demands of the citizens. In order for economic growth to be achieved, he argued, social reforms, such as improvements in education and public health, must precede economic reform. Often Sen is criticized as an anti-market proponent by some economists. It is magnified by his silence on globalization issues in the late nineties and on privatization policies in India. Sen, however, denied the claim that he supports anti-globalization views. Srinavasan, an economics professor at Yale and a long time colleague says “many of us were trained in the fifties to believe that states should be active in planning the economy. Sen did not give up that idea until later than some others.”

Family

Sen's maternal grandfather Kshitimohan Sen was a renowned scholar of medieval Indian literature, an authority on the philosophy of Hinduism and a close associate of Rabindranath Tagore in Santiniketan. Sen's father was Ashutosh Sen and mother Amita Sen who were born at Manikganj, Dhaka. His father taught chemistry at Dhaka University (now in Bangladesh). Sen's first wife was Nabaneeta Dev Sen, a much loved Indian writer and scholar, with whom he had two children: Antara and Nandana. Their marriage broke up shortly after they moved to London in 1971. His second wife was Eva Colorni, with whom he lived from 1973 onwards. She died from stomach cancer quite suddenly in 1985. They had two children, Indrani and Kabir. His present wife is The Hon. Emma Georgina Rothschild, an economic historian, and an expert on Adam Smith and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages[1]) is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Manikganj is a district in central Bangladesh. ... Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bengali: Ḍhākā; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Antara Dev Sen is a renowned Indian journalist, and the elder daughter of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and his first wife, Nabanita Dev Sen. ... Daughter of Nobel laureate Dr. Amartya Sen. ... In anatomy, the stomach is a bean-shaped hollow muscular organ of the gastrointestinal tract involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... The Hon. ... For other persons named Adam Smith, see Adam Smith (disambiguation). ... Full name The King’s College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge Motto Veritas et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College(s) New College, Oxford Provost Prof. ...

Sen brought up his youngest children on his own. Indrani is a journalist in New York, and Kabir teaches music at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, and has produced 3 of his own Hip-Hop Albums. His eldest daughter Antara Dev Sen is a notable Indian journalist who, along with her husband Pratik Kanjilal, publishes "The Little Magazine". Nandana Sen is a noted Bollywood actress. Antara Dev Sen is a renowned Indian journalist, and the elder daughter of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and his first wife, Nabanita Dev Sen. ... Daughter of Nobel laureate Dr. Amartya Sen. ...

Sen usually spends winter holidays at his home in India, where he likes to go on long bike rides, and maintains a house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he and Emma spend the spring and long vacations. Asked how he relaxes, he replies: "I read a lot and like arguing with people."

Criticism

Amartya Sen has been criticized for his writings outside of economics, especially for his views on the history of Islam and Jihad, by Fouad Ajami in The Washington Post^[1]. The History of Islam involves the history of the Islamic faith as a religion and as a social institution. ... For other uses, see Jihad (disambiguation). ... Fouad A. Ajami (Arabic:فؤاد عجمی; b. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C.. It is also one of the citys oldest papers, having been founded in 1877. ...

Economist Peter Bowbrick has accused Sen of misrepresenting historical data, telling out right lies and being wrong on his theory of famines. In fact Bowbrick argues that Sen's views conincide with that of the Bengal government at the time of the Bengal famine and the policies Sen advocates failed to relieve the famine. Bowbrick accused Sen's theory of being the cause of famines.^[2].

Historian Mark Tauger disagrees with Sen that food availability wasn't a problem in 1940's Bengal and argues that the famine was mainly the result of a natural disaster.^[3]

Awards

• He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work in welfare economics in 1998.

• He received the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India 1999.

• In 1999 he received honorary citizenship of Bangladesh from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in recognition of his achievements in winning the Nobel Prize, and given that his family origins were in what has become the modern state of Bangladesh

• He received the 2000 Leontief Prize for his outstanding contribution to economic theory from the Global Development and Environment Institute.

• In 2002 he received the International Humanist Award from the International Humanist and Ethical Union.

• Eisenhower Medal, for Leadership and Service USA, 2000;

• Companion of Honour, UK, 2000.

• In 2003, he was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Chamber of Commerce.

• Life Time Achievement award by Bangkok-based United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

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Quotes

• The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me to the railway station?" asks the stranger. "Certainly," says the local, pointing in the opposite direction, towards the post office, "and would you post this letter for me on your way?" "Certainly," says the stranger, resolving to open it to see if it contains anything worth stealing.

--Linda McQuaig, All You Can Eat

• When referring to sanctions against Myanmar: they "are more likely to be effective there than almost anywhere else I can imagine" — provided other countries join in.

• Reducing corruption in developing countries by opening markets would be reason enough to liberalize, even if no other economic benefits materialized.

--Globalisation Institute and used without explicit quotation at Handbook of Economic Freedom

• No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press.

--Democracy as a Universal Value, Journal of Democracy 10.3 (1999) 3-17

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Works

Recent works:

• Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time), W. W. Norton, 2006
• The Argumentative Indian, 2005
• Rationality and Freedom, 2004
• Inequality Reexamined, 2004
• Development as Freedom, 1999
• Freedom, Rationality, and Social Choice: The Arrow Lectures and Other essays, 2000
• Reason Before Identity, 1999

Other works: The Argumentative Indian (ISBN 0713996870) is a book written by the Indian Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen. ... Inequlity Reexamined is a book by Amartya Sen (first published by Harvard University Press in 1992). ... Development as Freedom is a book written by Amartya Sen. ...

• Choice of Techniques, 1960;
• Collective Choice and Social Welfare, 1970;
• On Economic Inequality, 1973;
• Poverty and Famines: an Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation, 1981;
• Hunger and Public Action, jointly edited with Jean Dreze, 1989;
• India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, with Jean Dreze, 1995;
• Commodities and Capabilities, 1999

• Sen, Amartya, Collective Choice and Social Welfare, San Francisco, Holden-Day, 1970
• Sen, Amartya, On Economic Inequality, New York, Norton, 1973
• Sen, Amartya, Poverty and Famines : An Essay on Entitlements and Deprivation, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1982
• Sen, Amartya, Choice, Welfare and Measurement, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1982
• Sen, Amartya, Food Economics and Entitlements, Helsinki, Wider Working Paper 1, 1986
• Sen, Amartya, On Ethics and Economics, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1987.

• Drèze, Jean and Sen, Amartya, Hunger and Public Action. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1989.

• Sen, Amartya, More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing. New York Review of Books, 1990. ([1])

• Sen, Amartya, Inequality Reexamined, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1992.

• Nussbaum, Martha, and Sen, Amartya. The Quality of Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993
• Sen, Amartya, Reason Before Identity (The Romanes Lecture for 1998), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-951389-9
• Sen, Amartya, Development as Freedom, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999 (Review by the Asia Times)
• Sen, Amartya, Rationality and Freedom, arvard, Harvard Belknap Press, 2002
• Sen, Amartya, The Argumentative Indian, London: Allen Lane, 2005. (Review by the Guardian, Review by the Washington Post)
• Sen, Amartya, Identity and Violence.The Illusion of Destiny New York W&W Norton.

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References

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• Amartya Sen's articles at the New York review of books
• Amartya Sen: The Possibility of Social Choice (Nobel lecture)
• Indian Personalities - Amartya Sen
• Amartya Sen: Democracy as a Universal Value
• Amartya Sen: Population: Delusion and Reality (1994)
• Amartya Sen: Delusion and Reality (Asian Affairs 2002)
• Amartya Sen: The Standard of Living, PDF at Tanner Lectures
• Amartya Sen: Equality of what?, PDF at Tanner Lectures
• Amartya Sen: Global Justice: Beyond International Equity
• Amartya Sen: Satyajit Ray and the art of Universalism: Our Culture, Their Culture
• Jabberwock: Amartya Sen on identity and choice
• Amartya Sen: India through its Calendars
• A Kerala experience
• Frontline issue on Amartya Sen
• S. P. J. Batterbury and J. L. Fernando: Amartya Sen
• Profile in The Guardian
• Vamsicharan Vakulabharanam, Sripad Motiram: Progressive, but Problematic An Appreciation and Critique of Amartya Sen (Ghadar; May 1, 2000)
• Guido Traversa:The violence of the unique identity A Critical Review of Amartya Sen's 'Identity and Violence'
• Human Development and Capability Association
• International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
• Journal of Feminist Economics

Interviews

• Interview for Asia Society by Nermeen Shaikh
• Reflections of an economist; Interview by David Barsamian of Alternative Radio
• Interview with Nabaneeta Dev Sen, former wife of Amartya Sen

Audio

• Amartya Sen discusses his book "Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny", on Thoughtcast
• Interview on IT Conversations
• Immigration and Development, with Amartya Sen, on Open Source (radio show)
• What do we want from a Theory of Justice? Stanford Visiting Lecture Speech on iTunes

Video

• Conversation with History (UC Berkeley 2005)