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A balanced view of development as freedom

Tungodden, Bertil
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2001-10
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Abstract
Amartya Sen, in his most recent book Development as Freedom, argues

that expansion of human freedom should both be viewed as the primary end

and the principle means of development. This paper provides an overview

and a critical scrutiny of the Senian perspective from the point of view of an

economist. First, I discuss to what extent Sen's normative theory of development

justifies a particular focus on inequality and poverty. Second, I look at

Sen's perspective on democratic reasoning as the constructive vehicle for valuational

exercises, and in particular how this perspective fits with the recent

human development framework of UNDP. Third, I discuss the relevance of

markets within the freedom approach, and fourth I review some of the most

important empirical interconnections between different freedoms studied by Sen.
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economics
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2001:24

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