Amartya Sen

Capsule Review
May/Jun
2006
G. John Ikenberry
Review Essay
Mar/Apr
2006
Amartya Sen

In The White Man's Burden, William Easterly offers important insights about the pitfalls of foreign aid. Unfortunately, his overblown attack on global "do-gooders" obscures the real point: that aid can work, but only if done right.

Review Essay
Jan/Feb
2000
Richard N. Cooper

In his new book, Amartya Sen adds a moral dimension to development economics that gives broader meaning to the term "quality of life."