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...directness, once noting, "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." The concepts in his watershed book, The Affluent Society, became so pervasive that to subsequent generations of readers, "It's like reading Hamlet and deciding it's full of quotations," said Nobel-laureate economist Amartya Sen. "You realize where they came from...
...directness, once noting, "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." The concepts in his watershed book, The Affluent Society, became so pervasive that to subsequent generations of readers, "It's like reading Hamlet and deciding it's full of quotations," said Nobel-laureate economist Amartya Sen. "You realize where they came from...
Harvard professor Amartya Sen may have won a Nobel Prize for his work in welfare economics, but his son addresses the issue of social injustice in a different manner—he raps about it. Kabir Sen, a Wesleyan University graduate and son of Lamont University Professor Sen, will release his third album, “Peaceful Solutions,” on April 25. According to the rapper’s manager, Howard Turkenkopf, Kabir’s first two albums were well received. “His stuff has a lot more in terms of intelligence and a sort...
...symposium hosted by the Harvard Alumni Association in New Delhi—the first such gathering to take place in India, according to the University.The symposium, which was kicked off by India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, featured an assortment of Harvard professors including Lamont University Professor Amartya K. Sen.One of the speakers at the symposium, Tarun Khanna, Lemann professor at Harvard Business School, wrote in an e-mail that the event successfully reached out to alumni “by giving a flavor of diversity of research and teaching activity that is underway” across...
...first such gathering to take place in India, according to Longbrake. Summers will be part of a sizable delegation of University administrators, including deans of Harvard’s various faculties. An assortment of Harvard professors will participate in discussions at the symposium, including Lamont University Professor Amartya K. Sen and Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature Homi K. Bhabha. Some of the Harvard alumni visiting India for the events will have the opportunity to see some of the rest of the country during guided tours offered before and after the symposium, offered through the HAA Alumni Education Office...