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From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines
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"From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines"

- Amartya Sen

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This quote by Amartya Sen is describing his operate in the mid-1970s on the causes and avoidance of scarcities. Sen was a Nobel Prize-winning economic expert and thinker who was known for his work on the causes and avoidance of famines. He believed that scarcities were not triggered by a lack of food, however rather by an absence of access to food. He argued that famines were triggered by hardship, inequality, and political and financial policies that avoided people from accessing food. He also argued that scarcities might be avoided by offering access to food, enhancing financial policies, and lowering hardship and inequality. Sen's work on the causes and avoidance of famines has actually had a lasting impact on the way scarcities are viewed and dealt with.

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India Flag This quote is written / told by Amartya Sen somewhere between November 3, 1933 and today. He/she was a famous Philosopher from India. The author also have 10 other quotes.

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