On 22nd January, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen will be delivering a lecture, hosted by Prospect and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, on “Poverty and the Tolerance of the Intolerable.” The lecture will take place at the London School of Economics from 6.30pm to 8pm.
The lecture is now sold out but for a chance to win tickets, click here.
Amartya Sen in Prospect:
1. Growth, democracy and China: A wide-ranging discussion with Amartya Sen about his latest book, An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions
2. Illusions of identity: Sen talks to Kenan Malik about multiculturalism and freedom
3. The Sen agenda: He has challenged the utilitarian roots of economics and redefined development policy, but how does he feel about India? asks Meghnad Desai
4. Getting India wrong: Economists such as Sen overlook the link between poverty and destruction of the environment, argues Partha Dasgupta
5. Sen and Sensibility: Sen's philosophical writings on justice have much to teach politicians, says James Purnell
