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We accept that a society should encourage individual efforts towards socially productive activity and reward them. But outcomes of individual efforts aren’t equal. Photo: Mint

Sen vs Bhagwati: The great divide

4 min read . 31 Jul 2013

What we need is a healthy period of getting things done—repairing roads, clearing cases in courts, improving primary school outcomes, and clearing out our garbage. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Why we should move on from Sen vs Bhagwati

4 min read . 28 Jul 2013

According to Flipkart, Amartya Sen’s book is selling about 150 copies each day since the brouhaha started, a significantly higher number than the initial figures. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint (Priyanka Parashar/Mint)

Sen vs Bhagwati: Their other battle has a clear winner

3 min read . 26 Jul 2013

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen speaking on his book ‘An uncertain Glory’ at Taj Mansingh on 23 July 2013. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Will return Bharat Ratna if Vajpayee asks: Amartya Sen

1 min read . 25 Jul 2013

Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

A letter to Amartya Sen

4 min read . 25 Jul 2013

Drèze and Sen make a strong case for public expenditure on education, healthcare and employment leading to better capabilities and opportunities.

Book Review | An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions

4 min read . 25 Jul 2013

Overall, India needs a smarter strategy, which economizes on scarce fiscal resources, and is more effective in reducing long-term chronic poverty. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Sen vs Bhagwati: Turn right or left? Or is there a middle way?

4 min read . 26 Jul 2013

A file photo of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Manmohan Singh govt main target in Sen vs Bhagwati battle

5 min read . 25 Jul 2013

Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

The story of two warring scholars

4 min read . 24 Jul 2013

Amartya Sen says cash transfer allows the poor to get certain things but it is not a solution. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Amartya Sen on the smugness of cynicism that nothing can be done

11 min read . 25 Jul 2013

Sen said he was criticised as “hypothetical and imaginative” for saying that Kerala a state once mired with problems of low income and red tape could reap the benefits of growth if it stuck to progress in areas like education, health care and literacy. Photo: Mint (Mint)

Lessons to be learnt from Gujarat ’s business experience: Amartya Sen

3 min read . 23 Jul 2013

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Why Amartya Sen is wrong: Jagdish Bhagwati

9 min read . 25 Jul 2013

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said that the Gujarat model needs to do much more on the health and education sectors and bring equity. Photo: Mint (Mint)

I don’t want Narendra Modi as my PM: Amartya Sen

1 min read . 23 Jul 2013

The point of conflict seems to be on how much emphasis Sen places on growth alongside championing the cause of redistribution in an economy. Photo: Mint (Mint)

Sen vs Bhagwati: Storm in a tea cup?

4 min read . 22 Jul 2013

The debate on economic policy has never been as riveting as it is today, with two giants from the world of academic economics, Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati, tackling each other on what India’s governance priorities should be. Photo: Mint (Mint)

Everything you wanted to know about the Sen-Bhagwati debate

9 min read . 25 Jul 2013

The debate between two of the finest Indian economists—Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati—reflects the deeper question facing the country’s political leaders. Photo: Mint (Mint)

Sen-Bhagwati debate gets acerbic

1 min read . 20 Jul 2013

The strategy regarding inclusion is germane to how to accelerate inclusion and growth together. Handouts for food and fuel, and even handouts of jobs compensate for the consequences of poverty. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint (Hemant Mishra/Mint)

Job creation can bring inclusion with growth | Arun Maira

3 min read . 19 Jul 2013

Bhagwati, by contrast, has always stressed the primacy of economic growth in improving social outcomes—education, health, nutrition, or any other. It’s growth, the argument goes, that pulls people up, and gives them the means through which they may feed and clothe themselves. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik (Indranil Bhoumik)

Choosing the right development paradigm for India | Vivek Dehejia

4 min read . 19 Jul 2013

Research shows that less than half of the poverty reduction (48%) during 2004-05 to 2009-10 can be attributed to growth, with the rest arising from the benefits delivered by PDS. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Growth versus redistribution | Himanshu

5 min read . 19 Jul 2013

By providing wage employment through programmes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, we create purchasing power which, in turn, attracts foodgrains into the region, through the market process. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint (Priyanka Parashar/Mint)

More a matter of sequencing | Ajit Ranade

4 min read . 19 Jul 2013

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