Hugely engaging as this longing is for hope and history to … - Amartya Sen

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Hugely engaging as this longing is for hope and history to rhyme together, the justice of transcendental institutionalism has little room for that engagement. This limitation provides one illustration of the need for a substantial departure in the prevailing theories of justice. That is the subject matter of this book.

Amartya Sen

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Amartya Kumar Sen (born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist and the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for economics.

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Native Name: অমর্ত্য সেন

Alternative Names: Amartya Kumar Sen • Professor Amartya Kumar Sen

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