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Q: Where did Amartya Sen study?

Amartya Sen studied economics at Presidency College (now Presidency University, in Kolkata; B.A. 1953) and at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1955; M.A. 1959; Ph.D. 1959).

Q: Where did Amartya Sen work?

Amartya Sen taught economics at several universities in India, England, and the United States, including the Universities of Jadavpur and Delhi, the London School of Economics and Political Science , the University of London , the University of Oxford , and Harvard University . From 1998 to 2004 he served as master (superintendent) of Trinity College, Cambridge .

Q: What did Amartya Sen write?

Amartya Sen’s major works included Collective Choice and Social Welfare (1970), Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981), Development as Freedom (1999), Rationality and Freedom (2002), Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (2006), and The Idea of Justice (2009).

Q: Why is Amartya Sen famous?

Amartya Sen is famous for his significant contributions to welfare economics (for which he was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in economics ), including his development of more sophisticated measures of poverty , and for his work on the causes and prevention of famines .

Indian economist

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Born:: November 3, 1933, Santiniketan, India (age 90)

Awards And Honors:: Nobel Prize (1998)

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Amartya Sen (born November 3, 1933, Santiniketan, India) Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of society’s poorest members. Sen was best known for his work on the causes of famine, which led to the development of practical solutions for preventing or limiting the effects of real or perceived shortages of food. Sen was educated at Presidency College in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a B.A. (1955), an ...(100 of 658 words)

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