Amartya Sen

Born

November 3, 1933 (age 92)

Known as

economist, university teacher, philosopher, writer, sociologist, Nobel Prize winner

Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has taught and worked in England and the United States since 1972. In 1998, he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics. He has also made major contributions to social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and the measures of well-being of countries.

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