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An Inquiry Into Well-Being and Destitution - Dasgupta, Partha
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How should economic and social theory accommodate empirical facts about physical destitution, and how should governments respond to famines and hunger? This interdisciplinary book focuses on these and other questions about physical well-being. Partha Dasgupta begins his approach from the perspective of development economics. He then broadens his discussion to include philosophical work and empirical data on resource allocation, nutrition science, and anthropology. Comprehensive in its coverage of poverty, its causes, and ...

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An Inquiry Into Well-Being and Destitution 1995, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780198288350

Trade paperback

An Inquiry Into Well-Being and Destitution 1993, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780198287568

Hardcover