On Economic Inequality

ISBN-13: 9780198292975 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 276 str.

Amartya K. Sen

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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.