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What is human development and what does it believe?
What is human development and what does it believe?
Human development is a tradition of thought that focuses on universal basics for living a "good life" and believes that everyone is equally entitled to enjoy such things.
What does human development blame for poverty and global inequality?
What does human development blame for poverty and global inequality?
Human development blames our failure to think broadly enough for the problem of poverty and global inequality.
Who is Amartya Sen and what is his position on human development?
Who is Amartya Sen and what is his position on human development?
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who embodies the human development position better than anyone else and has had the greatest intellectual influence on its arguments. He argues that the expansion of freedom is central to development - "both as the primary end and as the principal means."
What is the central theme of Sen's work?
What is the central theme of Sen's work?
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According to Sen, what is the cause of famines?
According to Sen, what is the cause of famines?
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What is the name of the book where Sen's thinking is pulled together?
What is the name of the book where Sen's thinking is pulled together?
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What does Sen want us to do to ensure development is brought about?
What does Sen want us to do to ensure development is brought about?
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Study Notes
- Human development is a tradition of thought that focuses on universal basics for living a "good life" and believes that everyone is equally entitled to enjoy such things.
- Human development blames our failure to think broadly enough for the problem of poverty and global inequality.
- Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who embodies the human development position better than anyone else and has had the greatest intellectual influence on its arguments.
- Sen argues that the expansion of freedom is central to development - "both as the primary end and as the principal means."
- Sen's work has consistently concerned itself with the idea of human freedom.
- Sen believes that famines are rarely the result of a lack of food but are the consequence of a breakdown in people's ability to access or produce food in the way that they usually do.
- Sen's thinking is pulled together in the 1999 book Development as Freedom.
- Sen wants us to conceptualize development as freedom to ensure it is brought about.
- The problem of development lies as much in what we classify as wealth and how we go about promoting that as it does in poverty.
- Sen has never counseled any government and prefers to place his suggestions and critiques in the public domain.
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Test your knowledge on the influential economist Amartya Sen and his philosophy of human development. Explore the concept of development as freedom, the causes of poverty and inequality, and the role of governments in promoting development. Discover how Sen's work challenges traditional notions of wealth and offers a unique perspective on famines. This quiz will provide insights into the ideas of one of the most important figures in modern development theory.
