false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172423082m/173961.jpg 173961 7 By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics,  an essential and  paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century. <br><br>Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. In the new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers--perhaps even the majority of people--he concludes, it is still possible to practically and optimistically restain a sense of social accountability. <b>Development as Freedom</b> is essential reading. 168039 1999 Development as Freedom total:528|5:169|4:236|3:101|2:15|1:7| 528 2129 1030 60 4 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 10:33:07 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 12:06:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 25 04:09:01 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 00:30:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 22:12:06 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 15 17:25:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 02:50:14 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 03:08:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 09 03:05:22 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 05 09:46:26 -0700 2009 then he quotes the eighteenth century poet William Cowper on freedom:
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