Amartya Sen | Home in the World | Talks at Google
339Amartya Sen discusses his book "Home in the World", a memoir that documents the remarkable early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectuals.
Amartya Sen is a Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, a Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Previously he was Professor of Economics at Jadavpur University Calcutta, the Delhi School of Economics, the London School of Economics and Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford University. Aside from teaching, Amartya has served as the President of the Econometric Society, the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, and the International Economic Association. He was formerly the Honorary President of OXFAM and is now its Honorary Advisor.
Amartya’s research includes social choice theory, economic theory, ethics and political philosophy, welfare economics, theory of measurement, decision theory, development economics, public health, and gender studies. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, and include Choice of Techniques (1960), Growth Economics (1970), Collective Choice and Social Welfare (1970; On Economic Inequality (1973, 1997); Poverty and Famines (1981); Utilitarianism and Beyond (jointly with Bernard Williams, 1982); Choice, Welfare and Measurement (1982), Commodities and Capabilities (1985), The Standard of Living (1987), On Ethics and Economics (1987); Hunger and Public Action (jointly with Jean Drèze, 1989); Inequality Reexamined (1992); The Quality of Life (jointly with Martha Nussbaum, 1993); Development as Freedom (1999); Rationality and Freedom (2002); The Argumentative Indian (2005); Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (2006); The Idea of Justice (2009); An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions (jointly with Jean Drèze, 2013); and The Country of First Boys (2015).
Amartya Sen’s awards include Bharat Ratna (India); Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur (France); the National Humanities Medal (USA); Ordem do Merito Cientifico (Brazil); Honorary Companion of Honour (UK); the Aztec Eagle (Mexico); the Edinburgh Medal (UK); the George Marshall Award (USA); the Eisenhower Medal (USA); and the Nobel Prize in Economics.
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