Amartya Sen

While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#both #economics #exceeds #far #fields

It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#back #bangladesh #closest #closest friends #collaborators

People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#communities #give #hindu #human #human race

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#i #idea #over #researcher #should

From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#causation #i #prevention #started #work

I have not had any serious non-academic job. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#had #i #job #serious

I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#choice #collective #delhi #i #left

I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#born #campus #i #i was born #life

The curriculum of the school did not neglect India's cultural, analytical and scientific heritage, but was very involved also with the rest of the world. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#analytical #cultural #curriculum #did #heritage

The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#also #college #community #most #politically