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Presidential Address: The Nature of Inequality

In: Issues in Contemporary Economics

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  • Amartya Sen

    (Harvard University)

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What is economic inequality? At one level, economic inequality is a very obvious thing. It is a state of the world in which some people are poor, perhaps thoroughly deprived, while others lead affluent lives -even roll in luxury. Caviar for some, and starvation for others. But the contrasts are often far more subtle and much harder to identify.

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  • Amartya Sen, 1991. "Presidential Address: The Nature of Inequality," International Economic Association Series, in: Kenneth J. Arrow (ed.), Issues in Contemporary Economics, chapter 1, pages 3-21, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-11573-0_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11573-0_1
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    1. Li, Kui-Wai, 2012. "Analyzing the Kuznets Relationship using Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods," MPRA Paper 36535, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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