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Based on the 1972 Radcliffe Lectures, this book presents a systematic treatment of the conceptual framework as well as the practical problems of measurement of inequality.

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Rarely has so small a volume offered so comprehensive an overview of its subject, constituting a readable and intelligent evaluation of the literature of economic inequality. * William Baumol, Economica *
Professor Sen is well known for his contributions to the higher reaches of welfare economics. The series of four lectures which comprise this book display his usual clarity and rigour of expression. * Economist *

On Economic Inequality

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      Publisher: Clarendon Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/13/1973 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780198281931, 978-0198281931
      ISBN10: 0198281935
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Based on the 1972 Radcliffe Lectures, this book presents a systematic treatment of the conceptual framework as well as the practical problems of measurement of inequality.

      Trade Review
      Rarely has so small a volume offered so comprehensive an overview of its subject, constituting a readable and intelligent evaluation of the literature of economic inequality. * William Baumol, Economica *
      Professor Sen is well known for his contributions to the higher reaches of welfare economics. The series of four lectures which comprise this book display his usual clarity and rigour of expression. * Economist *

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