Amartya Sen

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• Is Amartya Sen Good For Poor People in India?

  
  LILA RAJIVA: The Mind-Body Politic — Authority: 139
  Sauvik Chakravarti on Amartya Sen:“If we observe poor Indians going about making their economic achievements, we see that they are hugely gifted. In Indian markets, it is the poorest who scout around for the best buys and bargain most energetically - while the rich get easily conned! A joke is told about Indians in ...
  19 hours ago

• “River to River”: dall’Arno al Gange. Il Festival del cinema indiano torna a Firenze. Le immagini

  
  DaringToDo.com — Authority: 147
  Si pensa al cinema indiano e vengono in mente i suoni e i colori, i toni abbacinanti  delle pellicole di Bollywood , i drammi d’amore, i divi dallo sguardo penetrante ed un’intensità dei luoghi che quasi trasmette i profumi del Subcontinente. La cinematografia indiana, in realtà, è assai più complessa, la ...
  5 days ago

• Capability as Freedom

  
  Political Cartel — Authority: 126
  I’ve been reading lately about a new approach to social and political freedom.  This theory, although not new, shows why the conventional focus on performance, utility, and output doesn’t adequately promote liberty and may, contrary to popular opinion, stifle or slow development.  The argument is put forward by ...
  2 weeks ago

• Moral Dilemma (5): What Does Justice Require?

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 434
  Amartya Sen ( source ) This dilemma – part of this series – comes from Amartya Sen . Three children, Anne, Bob and Carla, are arguing who should receive a flute. The arguments they give for getting the flute are not selfish, partial or arbitrary, but based on different theories of justice. Of course, since ...
  2 weeks ago

• Denialism.

  
  PostBourgie — Authority: 134
  Michael Specter , a New Yorker science writer, has written a new book accusing Americans of being stupid about science. It’s not that I don’t agree with him. I just have one quibble. I have to caution: I haven’t actually read the book. But I have heard him on several radio shows promoting it. He is especially ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tharman: Once upon a time in the West…

  
  Looking for Words — Authority: 136
  Tharman Shanmugaratnam Singapore Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam knows his history. While praising the “uniqueness” of Indian democracy, he defended the East Asian model by pointing out that democracy used to be limited in Britain and America too. “It was not until 1930 that Britain got Universal ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tharman: Once upon a time in the West...

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 474
  Singapore Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam knows his history. While praising the "uniqueness" of Indian democracy, he defended the East Asian model by pointing out that democracy used to be limited in Britain and America too. "It was not until 1930 that Britain got Universal Suffrage. The US did not get ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Idea of Justice: Amartya Sen

  
  Looking for Words — Authority: 136
  Security is important and we will make sure we do our best to have a safe and uneventful meeting, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said when asked if he expected any disruptions during the upcoming Apec meeting. Unlike the IMF/World Bank meeting, Apec has no arrangement for engagement with civil society groups ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Compatibility of Freedom and Equality (8): Liberty = Freedom From the State + Freedom From Social Pressure + Equality of Opportunity

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 434
  Human Statue of Liberty ( source , click to enlarge) Libertarians traditionally adopt a negative kind of freedom, and, more precisely, limited negative freedom: they believe that individuals should be free from interference by the government. They seldom accept that individuals can be coerced by private and ...
  5 weeks ago

• East Asia Summit calls for the revival of Nalanda University: thinking and acting beyond the nation?

  
  GlobalHigherEd — Authority: 403
  The emergence of new supra-national movements with respect to higher education and research continue apace.  From the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), through to international consortia of universities, through to bits of universities embedded in others within distant territories (e.g., Georgia Tech’s ...
  5 weeks ago

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