I'm generally in favor of economic globalization. Having said that, it doesnt always work and does not immediately work in the interest… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
I attempted to see famines as broad "economic" problems (concentrating on how people can buy food, or otherwise get entitled to it),… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We live in a world where there is a need for pluralistic institutions and for recognizing different types of freedom, economic, social,… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Globalization is a complex issue, partly because economic globalization is only one part of it. Globalization is greater global closeness, and that… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Thailand's economic development was driven by educational expansion. That has been a very dramatic factor, and South Asia had been pretty miserable… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty, which robs people of the freedom to satisfy hunger; or to… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We live in a world community, and economic contact has partly contributed to that. Its also the case that economic opportunity opened… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Theres a clear and strong connection between fertility reduction and womens literacy and empowerment, including womens gainful employment. If you look at… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Development requires major source of unfreedom: poverty as well as tyranny, poor economic opportunities as well as systematic social deprivation, neglect of… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
I think the whole progress over the last two or three millennia has been entirely dependent on ideas and techniques and commodities and people… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky to have… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We need to ask the moral questions: Do I have a right to be rich? And do I have a right to be content… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“He wrote extensively on how schools should be made more attractive to boys and girls and thus more productive. His own co-educational school at… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
One has to be realistic. Ones concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
![“Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all kinds of ways, our lives are transformed by education and security. Even if it had not one iota of effect [on] security, it would still remain in my judgment the…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a39/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_education-makes-us-the-human-beings-we-a_3202287.jpg)
