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Tag Archives: Amartya Sen
Markets & Famine: Amartya Sen is not the last word !
Whether markets help cause or exacerbate famines is one of the great questions of political economy. Cormac Ó Gráda’s recent book Eating People is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, its Past, and its Future, along with his earlier volume, Famine: A Short … Continue reading
Posted in Economic History, Famines
Tagged Amartya Sen, Bengal famine of 1943, Cormac Ó Gráda, famines, Irish Potato Famine
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Ideology & Human Development
How real are Cuba’s accomplishments in health and education since the revolution? How do they compare with the situation prior to the revolution? Was the Soviet Union’s subsidy to Cuba crucial to its human development? Did the US hostility to the … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Economics, Human Development, Social Development, Sociometrics
Tagged Amartya Sen, Cuba, HDI, human development
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