Causation Quote by Amartya Sen Download Open image “From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.” — Amartya Sen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Causation Prevention
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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
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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
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The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
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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
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