On Economic Inequality

Professor Sen is well known for his contributions to the higher reaches of welfare economics. The series of four lectures which comprise this book display his usual clarity and rigour of expression.

Vorwort
A seminal work by Amartya Sen, reissued with a new technical annexe

Klappentext
This book, first published in 1973, presents a systematic treatment of the conceptual framework as well as the practical problems of measurement of inequality. Alternative approaches are evaluated in terms of their philosophical assumptions, economic content, and statistical requirements.

Zusammenfassung
First published in 1973, this book presents a systematic treatment of the conceptual framework as well as the practical problems of measurement of inequality. Alternative approaches are evaluated in terms of their philosophical assumptions, economic content, and statistical requirements. In a new introduction, Amartya Sen, jointly with James Foster, critically surveys the literature that followed the r s1ication of this book, and also evaluates the main analytical issues in the appraisal of economic inequality and poverty.

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