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Development as Freedom
Amartya Sen
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Nobel laureate Amartya Sen revolutionizes economics by arguing true development means expanding human freedoms, not just GDP growth. Translated into 30+ languages and foundational to the Human Development Index, this paradigm-shifting work has transformed how governments worldwide measure societal progress.

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Freedom: The True Measure of Development

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What if everything we thought we knew about measuring human progress was wrong? While economists and policymakers have long obsessed over GDP growth and industrialization, Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen offers a revolutionary perspective: development should fundamentally be understood as the expansion of human freedom. This paradigm shift has transformed global development thinking, influencing organizations like the United Nations and philanthropists like Bill Gates. The central insight is both simple and profound-economic growth matters not as an end itself, but as a means to expand what truly matters: our ability to live lives we have reason to value. When we reframe development around freedom, we reconnect economics with its ethical foundations and create a vision where markets, governments, and social opportunities work together to enhance human capabilities.

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The Freedom Commitment: Responsibility Through Capability

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