(Akhriso) Epub Development as Freedom
By Amartya Sen
By the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and?paradigm-
altering framework for understanding economic development?for both rich and
poor?in the twenty-first century. Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most
efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general
welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom
from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious
tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. In the
new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence,
the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers?perhaps even
the majority of people?he concludes, it is still possible to practically and optimistically
regain a sense of social accountability. Development as Freedom is essential reading.
