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Had a strong interest in Economics from an early age (high school) as well as math and science Well supported family, encouraged him to pursue his interests
True or False:
Amartya Sen was born in the United States.
Fill in the Blank: Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in ______.
1995 1996 1997 1998
1998
Question???
Answer:
b) A type of economics that uses microeconomics to measure the wellbeing of the economy c) A branch of economics that has absolutely no effect on Social Welfare Economics
Answer: b) A type of economics that uses microeconomics to measure the well-being of a community.
True or False: Amartya Sen wrote a book that outlined his famous works dealing with poverty and famines.
True:
Amartya Sen wrote the book Poverty and Famines in 1981 that became his most famous works, acknowledged by institutions all over the world.
Fill in the Blank: Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his development and contributions of the _________ __________.
a) Welfare Economics b) American Economics c) Social Economics
Question???
Answers:
1) Inspiration to people, changed their knowledge and thought process of how famines work and start. 2) Influenced the UN and how they view and handle third-world countries. 3) Influenced the Social Welfare Economics by changing the view of how a person should look at a situation dealing with both poor people and rich people.
True or False: Amartya Sen never attended a university for education in economics.
False: Amartya Sen attended to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to receive his PhD in Economics.
Question???
What did you learn from this presentation?
Works Cited:
Anonymous. "URBAN POVERTY AND HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES." Population Bulletin. 01 Jun. 2009: 2. eLibrary. Web. 27 Oct. 2012. "ECONOMICS -- BASICS." Canada and the World Backgrounder. 01 Oct. 1999 eLibrary. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. "Sen, Amartya Kumar." World Book Student. World Book, 2012. Web. 27 Oct. 2012. "welfare." The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. 2002. eLibrary. Web. 28 Oct. 2012.