Inequality Reexamined

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Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.

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instanceOf book
economics book
non-fiction book
philosophical work
arguesThat freedom to achieve valuable functionings is central to justice
inequality should be assessed in terms of capabilities
resources alone are insufficient to evaluate equality
well-being cannot be reduced to utility
author Amartya Sen
countryOfOrigin India (author's nationality)
critiques Rawlsian primary goods as sole metric of justice
develops Amartya Sen's capability approach
emphasizes interpersonal variations in converting resources to functionings
plurality of human values
public reasoning about justice
field development studies
economics
philosophy
focusesOn critique of primary goods approach
critique of utilitarianism
critique of welfarism
genre political philosophy
welfare economics
hasPerspective comparative approach to justice
liberal egalitarianism
influenced capability-based policy analysis
debates on human development
measurement of poverty
theory of social choice
language English
mainTopic capability approach
distributive justice
equality of what
freedom
inequality
social justice
welfare
notableFor critical analysis of traditional welfare economics
influence on human development and capability literature
systematic exposition of the capability approach to inequality
proposes capabilities as space of evaluation
relatedWork Development as Freedom
On Economic Inequality

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Amartya Sen notableWork Inequality Reexamined
Development as Freedom relatedWork Inequality Reexamined
The Idea of Justice relatedWork Inequality Reexamined