AMARTYA SEN is Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University and a recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. Earlier in his career, he was the ...

Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy that explores specific topics such as theories of governance, rights, justice, ...

At the end of July, shortly after Kamala Harris became the Democratic candidate for President, The Economist described her ...

August 19, 2020, Paper: "Janos Kornai chose to become an economist after reading Karl Marx’s Das Kapital. Kornai’s relation with Marx is not merely political, but also professional. Kornai “broke with ...

The political theorist Anthony de Jasay takes on the left‘s ideas of equality, and David Gordon is there to agree—and disagree. Jasay likens the left‘s view of ...

The Amartya Sen documentary (The Argumentative Indian) captures his views on philosophy, politics and, of course, economics, his growing up, his worldview on Rabindranath Tagore, and everything.

The economist and philosopher Amartya Sen has described two central features of objectivity ... This is what makes debate over whether there is truly an objective morality uncertain, and makes moral ...

Dr Amartya Sen, the Nobel laureate economist known worldwide for his pioneering work on welfare economics, poverty, and human ...

The editors, in consultation with the Advisory Board, made some changes to the specialty categories for the 2024 PGR. Most minor, "Ancient Philosophy" was changed to "Ancient Greek and Roman ...

A look at innovations taking root in Brazil that preserve endangered ecosystems while fostering socioeconomic equity.