Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen Lecture 3-26-2010

Harvard Professor and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen speaks on "The Uses and Abuses of Adam Smith" at Duke University as part of a celebration weekend of the 40th anniversary of the History of Political Economy Journal.

[@keithjohwa9569]

i have no respect 4 ppl who rate their achievements purely in terms of their salary. Sen has achieved in his life what most others can only dream of achieving.

[@pbghosh5305]

To hear Dr. Sen who comes through last century and has already traversed nearly two decades of the 21st century, still so productive, rational, uncompromising, global and also characteristically vocal on issues of welfare of society, has been a great privilege... to the world of thoughts his contribution adds to monumental understanding of diversity of existence and realities of life as whole as Edward Said did till his death, Sartre, Russell and many others did in the last century.

[@umeshprasadsingh9648]

Sir, Economics of Welfare advocated by you is something invigorating in the realistic sense of the term.Self efficiency matters a lot in the market system.Mr.Umesh Prasad Singh Calcutta University Alumni

[@angelngela]

THANKS!!!!!!!

[@i_m_rakesh14]

Great Economist's "Mr. Amryta Sen"..An incredible glorious person of our India..As well as our whole world...Thanks

[@metlin]

@s291185 He was quite popular for his work on famines much before he won the Nobel, even outside the economic community and academia. He's an engaging writer, his pedigree and credentials notwithstanding.

[@dmuwina]

@s291185 Actually his "Development as Freedom" sold well before he received the Nobel. If anything most people in fields such as sciences become popular after winning the Nobel. They are often known and respected in their fields but not outside. Who knew who Paul krugman was before he won the Nobel?

[@raghureddybv5484]

😊

[@dmuwina]

@DNAFACTOR You mean you could not understand him? Perhaps I my ear is trained to many accents I had no trouble at all understanding him. Would you say an American who speaks English as first language should ask someone else to read their speech when they travel out of the US since their accents might be difficult to understand?

[@raghureddybv5484]

0:53

[@immak4u]

no doubt he is an epic man. but he shouldnt just read some script all the time. no animation=bad lecture
he should give a printout of those pages to the students instead of reading it continuously without any type of explanation.

[@pbghosh5305]

....to be fastidious about one's accents seems priggish.... nothing else..