Amartya Sen

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Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences academic economist human philosopher

Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher renowned for his work on welfare economics, social choice theory, and development, and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences → academic → economist → human → philosopher →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in Economics → PhD in Economics →
awardReceived	Bharat Ratna → Leontief Prize → National Humanities Medal → Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences → Order of Companion of Honour →
birthCountry	India →
birthDate	1933-11-03 →
birthPlace	Santiniketan →
citizenship	India →
educatedAt	Presidency College, Kolkata → Trinity College, Cambridge →
employer	Delhi School of Economics → Harvard University → London School of Economics → Trinity College, Cambridge → University of Oxford →
familyName	Sen →
fieldOfWork	development economics → economic theory → ethics → political philosophy → social choice theory → welfare economics →
givenName	Amartya →
influenced	Human Development Index → Martha Nussbaum →
knownFor	analysis of famine → capability approach → contributions to development as freedom → theory of human development → work on social choice theory → work on welfare economics →
languageSpoken	Bengali → English →
name	Amartya Sen →
notableWork	Collective Choice and Social Welfare → Development as Freedom → Inequality Reexamined → Poverty and Famines → The Idea of Justice →
positionHeld	Master of Trinity College, Cambridge → Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University →
spouse	Emma Georgina Rothschild → Nabaneeta Dev Sen →
theoryDeveloped	capability approach →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Collective Choice and Social Welfare → Development as Freedom → Inequality Reexamined → Poverty and Famines → The Idea of Justice →	author
John Rawls → Michael Polanyi →	influenced
An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution → Martha Nussbaum →	influencedBy
Presidency College, Kolkata → Trinity College, Cambridge →	notableAlumnus
Emma Georgina Rothschild → Nabaneeta Dev Sen →	spouse
West Bengal →	associatedWithPerson
Human Development Index →	conceptualContributor
Human Development Report →	foundingContributor
Amartya Sen ("Amartya") →	givenName
University of Cambridge →	hasAlumnus
Sapienza University of Rome →	hasNotableAlumni
Visva-Bharati University →	hasNotableAlumnus
Sen →	hasNotableBearer
Delhi School of Economics →	hasNotableScholar
Amartya Sen →	name
Nobel Prize laureates →	notableExample
Leontief Prize →	notableLaureate
Heinz Award →	notableRecipient