On Economic Inequality

by Amartya Sen

Book Overview

In this classic text, first published in 1973, Amartya Sen relates the theory of welfare economics to the study of economic inequality. He presents a systematic treatment of the conceptual framework as well as the practical problems of measurement of inequality. In his masterful analysis, Senassesses various approaches to measuring inequality and delineates the causes and effects of economic disparities. Containing the four lectures from the original...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195647343
• ISBN13: 9780195647341
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.