Author: Amartya Sen
Alternate names: Amartya Kumar Sen; Sen, Amartya; Amartya K. Sen; Sen, Amartya K.; Amartya. Sen; Sen Amartya; SEN AMARTYA; AMARTYA KUMAR SEN; Amartyá Sen; amartya sen; Amartya-Sen; Amartya Amartya Sen; Lamont Professor of Economics and Philosophy Amartya Sen; Amartya (ed.) Sen
Born: 3 November 1933
Bio: Amartya Kumar Sen (born 3 November 1933) is an eminent economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, and indices of the measure of well-being of citizens of developing countries. 

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