Showing papers by "Amartya Sen published in 1995"
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TL;DR: The Food Problem of Bangladesh 7. The Food Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Analysis 8. The Elimination of Endemic Poverty in South Asia: Some Policy Options 9. Food Economics and Entitlements 10.
Abstract: Introduction 1. Food Economics and Entitlements 2. An Independent Press and Anti-Hunger Strategies 3. The Intrafamily Distribution of Hunger in South Asia 4. Famine Prevention in India 5. Public Policy and Basic Needs Provision, Intervention and Achievements in Sri Lanka 6. The Food Problem of Bangladesh 7. The Food Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Analysis 8. Famine Prevention in Africa: Some Experiences and Lessons 9. The Elimination of Endemic Poverty in South Asia: Some Policy Options
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TL;DR: This symposium on voting procedures presents many interesting findings and insights and discusses two general issues, including the assumption that voters' preferences are menu-independent and the axiomatic method, which can be a two-way process.
Abstract: This symposium on voting procedures presents many interesting findings and insights. This note scrutinizes them and discusses two general issues. First, the assumption that voters' preferences are menu-independent (and based on one canonical ordering of the alternatives) underestimates the importance of the process of voting (voting for x, against y). Second, evaluation can be a two-way process, including the axiomatic method (of social choice theory), going from isolated properties to voting schemes, and the converse method of first identifying attractions and perversities of particular voting schemes (as in this symposium) and then using properties for later axiomatic use.
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TL;DR: The focus on demographic issues as an important part of welfare-economic assessment shifts the evaluative space in the direction of public discussion and social concern as mentioned in this paper. But the linkage between our economic wealth and our ability to live as we would like has strong limits.
Abstract: The focusing on demographic issues as an important part of welfare-economic assessment shifts the evaluative space in the direction of public discussion and social concern. A commoditycentred view of individual success and social welfare is often used in economics. But the linkage between our economic wealth and our ability to live as we would like has strong limits. This is partly because of interpersonal variations between individuals, but also because of variations in public and social arrangements (for example, for public health care, education and social security). The use of demographic perspectives can enrich economic analysis in several ways. In particular a demographically oriented system of evaluation can not only focus on variables that we all value, but it also gives us the freedom to decide what weights would be most appropriate for the exercise in which we might be engaged. The problem of valuation in welfare economics is ultimately a social-choice issue, requiring the use of explicit judgments on which the society can achieve some consensus through political processes.
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TL;DR: Amartya Sen, the Nobel economist, explains why mortality should, or could, be an indicator of economic success as discussed by the authors, arguing that mortality information can throw light on the nature of social inequalities, including gender bias and racial disparities; biases in economic arrangements are often most clearly seen through differential mortality information.
Abstract: Amartya Sen, the Nobel economist, explains why mortality should, or could, be an indicator of economic success. While mortality is not in itself an economic phenomenon, the influences that increase or reduce mortality often have distinctly economic causes. Consequently there is a prima facie reason for not dismissing mortality as a test of economic performance. He argues that mortality information can throw light on the nature of social inequalities, including gender bias and racial disparities; biases in economic arrangements are often most clearly seen through differential mortality information. He advises that we look beyond the standard statistics of incomes and earnings into the real information on deprivation and hardship.
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TL;DR: In this paper, Arrow et al. discuss the nature and role of social choice theory in social justice and argue that limited arbitrage is necessary and sufficient for the existence of a competitive equilibrium, the core and social choice.
Abstract: VOLUME 1 Acknowledgements - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction K.J.Arrow - PART 1: THE NATURE AND ROLE OF SOCIAL CHOICE THEORY - The Functions of Social Choice Theory K.J.Arrow - Discussion W.Gaertner - Individual Preference as the Basis of Social Choice A.Sen - Discussion L.Gevers - PART 2: THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL CHOICE AND IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREMS - Voting Models in the Arrovian Framework F.Aleskerov - Discussion N.Schofield - Arrovian Social Choice on Economic Domains M.Le Breton - Axiomatic Analysis of Resource Allocation H.Moulin & W.Thomson - A Unified Perspective on Resource Allocation: Limited Arbitrage is Necessary and Sufficient for the Existence of a Competitive Equilibrium, the Core and Social Choice G.Chichilnisky - Discussion N.Baigent - The Possibility-Impossibility Boundary in Social Choice D.Campbell & J.Kelly - Index. VOLUME 2 MANIPULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION - Reasonable Mechanisms and Nash Implementation B.Dutta - Discussion B.Peleg - Notes on Strategy: Proof Social Choice Functions S.Barbera - Discussion H.Moulin - PART 2: FOUNDATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF RIGHTS - Foundations and Implications of Rights C.Seidl - Discussion G.Orosel - Game Forms versus Social Choice Rules as Models of Rights P.Hammond - Discussion R.Deb - On Modelling Individual Rights: Some Conceptual Issues P.Pattanaik - Discussion M.Salles - PART 3: SOCIAL CHOICE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE - Intertemporally Consistent Population Ethics: Classical Utilitarian Principles C.Blackorby, W.Bossert & D.Donaldson - Discussion W.Thomson - Rational just Social Change S-C.Kolm - Discussion J.Weymark - Interpersonal Comparisons of the Extended Sympathy Type and the Possibility of Social Choice K.Suzumura - Discussion K.Roberts - Index
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TL;DR: In particular, l'apprehension economique des '' problemes de population '' is indispensable for imaginer de nouvelles formes de controle (des naissances) and de cooperation as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Expliquer la hausse de la pression migratoire par le taux de croissance de la population du tiers monde, comme le font ceux qui craignent la « bombe demographique », c'est fermer les yeux sur les facteurs economiques qui accompagnent des changements demographiques. Or, l'apprehension economique des « problemes de population » est indispensable pour imaginer de nouvelles formes de controle (des naissances) et de cooperation