Development as Freedom

By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century.

Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. In the new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers--perhaps even the majority of people--he concludes, it is still possible to practically and optimistically restain a sense of social accountability. Development as Freedom is essential reading.
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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-14-2009; Freedom, Yes.; Sen's deepest enemy in this book is the so-called "Lee thesis," attributed to Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, to the effect that in the Third World, those political systems that suppress democracy and civil liberties are likely to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-06-2009; Awesome is Development as Freedom; First of all, it is extremely difficult to get this book and a couple of Milton Friedman books like it. I was surprised when Amazon had all 4 books I needed on Freedom. This and the books like it demonstrate how freedom can be achieved...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-14-2009; Freedom as development; Sen raised a good question on how to explain the recent gulf in economic progress between authoritarian yet fast-growing China and democratic, economically laggard India. His answer is non-institutional and off point. Value and freedom...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-22-2008; Trite yet obvious; I was disappointed with this book. It's really not the least bit insightful or helpful--opening your eyes driving through any slum would yield the observations available here.Look for something else if you're considering this book, or...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-14-2009; Freedom, Yes.; Sen's deepest enemy in this book is the so-called "Lee thesis," attributed to Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, to the effect that in the Third World, those political systems that suppress democracy and civil liberties are likely to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-09-2008; Such good ideas... such poor writing; Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen strikes a beautiful balance here between socialists, who have their hearts in the right place but refuse to accept that the market is the best way to help people, and libertarians who believe in freedom but...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-14-2009; Freedom as development; Sen raised a good question on how to explain the recent gulf in economic progress between authoritarian yet fast-growing China and democratic, economically laggard India. His answer is non-institutional and off point. Value and freedom...; read full review | report as inappropriate