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Commodities and Capabilities
《商品与能力》来源于作者所做的第三次赫利普曼讲座，篇幅虽然短小，但内容精当，逻辑性强。《商品与能力》正文共7章。从需求理论入手，以商品的各属性为分析单位，一步一步、由浅入深地剖析商品与人的关系，并且介绍了测量人的福祉的主要指标，其中包括效用、富裕程度、能力，以及相应的测量方法，如市场交换价格法、问卷调查法、非市场模拟法。此外，该书还有两个附录。附录A进行了一些国际比较，附录B以印度为例，介绍了福利、功能性活动和性别偏见，尤其着重讨论了性别偏见。
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Published December 31, 1985
About the author
Amartya Sen
220 books1,469 followersAmartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society’s poorest members.
Sen was best known for his work on the causes of famine, which led to the development of practical solutions for preventing or limiting the effects of real or perceived shortages of food. He is currently the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He is also a senior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he previously served as Master from the years 1998 to 2004. He is the first Asian and the first Indian academic to head an Oxbridge college.
Amartya Sen's books have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a trustee of Economists for Peace and Security. In 2006, Time magazine listed him under "60 years of Asian Heroes" and in 2010 included him in their "100 most influential persons in the world".
Sen was best known for his work on the causes of famine, which led to the development of practical solutions for preventing or limiting the effects of real or perceived shortages of food. He is currently the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He is also a senior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he previously served as Master from the years 1998 to 2004. He is the first Asian and the first Indian academic to head an Oxbridge college.
Amartya Sen's books have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a trustee of Economists for Peace and Security. In 2006, Time magazine listed him under "60 years of Asian Heroes" and in 2010 included him in their "100 most influential persons in the world".
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January 13, 2018
Энгийн санаанууд боловч бичсэн хэв маягаас нь болоод ч юмуу, эсвэл би мат сэтгэлгээндээ муугаас ч юмуу ойлгоход бага зэрэг хүндрэлтэй байлааааа
February 9, 2018
Sen provides the evaluation of well-being in the conception of Capability Approach as the critiques of traditional welfare economics.
Commodity→ Capability→ Functioning → Utility
"...wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else".
Further readings of Sen's capability approach can be found and clarified greatly and insightful in his shortly later book called "Development as Freedom".
Commodity→ Capability→ Functioning → Utility
"...wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else".
Further readings of Sen's capability approach can be found and clarified greatly and insightful in his shortly later book called "Development as Freedom".
November 21, 2023
This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the capabilities approach, offering a theoretical framework that goes beyond traditional economic measures by focusing on individuals' freedoms and capabilities.
The book lays out Sen's argument that human well-being should not be solely measured by material possessions or income but should encompass individuals' abilities to achieve valuable functionings and lead lives they have reason to value. Sen's capability approach emphasizes the importance of expanding people's capabilities and freedoms, enabling them to live lives they have reason to value.
While Sen's capability approach addresses the limitations of relying solely on income-based measures of well-being, it does not challenge the underlying reason for the unequal distribution of resources, and the role of capitalist systems in perpetuating these inequalities.
The capability approach, while acknowledging the importance of individual freedoms, does not address the systemic issues of exploitation, alienation, and class struggle inherent in capitalist economies. Sen's focus is on somehow expanding capabilities within the existing economic structures, suggesting that it falls short in addressing the root causes of socio-economic inequalities.
The book lays out Sen's argument that human well-being should not be solely measured by material possessions or income but should encompass individuals' abilities to achieve valuable functionings and lead lives they have reason to value. Sen's capability approach emphasizes the importance of expanding people's capabilities and freedoms, enabling them to live lives they have reason to value.
While Sen's capability approach addresses the limitations of relying solely on income-based measures of well-being, it does not challenge the underlying reason for the unequal distribution of resources, and the role of capitalist systems in perpetuating these inequalities.
The capability approach, while acknowledging the importance of individual freedoms, does not address the systemic issues of exploitation, alienation, and class struggle inherent in capitalist economies. Sen's focus is on somehow expanding capabilities within the existing economic structures, suggesting that it falls short in addressing the root causes of socio-economic inequalities.
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October 19, 2018Citado en los artículos de Comim, de Pugno y de Angner en Capabilities and Happiness.
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