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Sat 07 Jul 2009Beacon of light in a dismal science
Amartya Sen has had a a profound impact on economics, politics and development theory, writes PAUL CULLEN
HE HAS been called the conscience of the dismal science but Nobel laureate Amartya Sen confesses that, sometimes, economics isn’t quite dismal enough for him.
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