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Next forum: Sunday 21 February 2010
The next meeting of the Economy Forum will be at 2pm Sunday 21 February. Please email if you would like to attend.
Daniel Ben-Ami will introduce a discussion on The Redefinition of Poverty: looking at the shift away from quantitative to qualitative measures such as wellbeing and happiness.
Suggested readings:
- Amartya Sen, The Idea of Justice, at least Part III
- Lectures by Sen at Oxford on this topic
- Daniel Ben-Ami, Distorting the spirit level, spiked review of books
- Antonia Senior, Who wants equality if it means equal poverty?, Times
- Daniel Ben-Ami, In defence of abundance, spiked review of books
Questions to consider:
- How does Sen understand poverty?
- How does he use the concepts freedom and equality? How does his usage differ from that of others?
- What is meant by a capability approach?
- What is the significance of the quote from Aristotle on p253?
- How does Sen's approach to happiness differ from Layard's?
- What are the practical consequences of Sen's overall approach?
- Is it fair to call him a growth sceptic?
Is this discussion appropriate for an economics workgroup?