Development as freedom

Amartya Sen, who received the noble prize in Economic Science in 1998 presents a landmark work that places individual freedom at the centre of a comprehensive analysis of today's global economy. The role of different institutions-including the market, the state, the media, opposition groups, and non-government organization-are seen within a broad, integrated framework. The focus of this sustaining economic life and countering poverty and insecurity in the contemporary world. This is a paradigm-altering foundation for understanding the demands of economic development-for both rich and poor-in the twenty-first century.