"The discipline of economics has been increasingly moving to address issues that are central to ethical reasoning."
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About Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his work in welfare economics. Born in 1933 in Santiniketan, India, Sen has made significant contributions to development economics, social choice theory, and the theory of famine. He has held prestigious teaching positions at universities such as Harvard and Cambridge and has authored many influential books and papers on economics and philosophy.
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