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A 1998 economics Nobel laureate, Sen formulated the capability approach, which measures development by people's real freedom, defends public investment in health and education, democracy as a safeguard against famine and criticizes Hindu nationalism and growth without equity.
Political topics
Amartya Sen leans further toward progressive than 91% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Morality is where Amartya Sen stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Amartya Sen sits practically at the catalog median.
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Synthesis of Georgism and socialism advocating the socialization of economic rent from land and natural monopolies to fund universal public services and a citizen dividend.
Doctrine proposing a democratic and federated global political order where citizens and nations deliberate jointly through multilateral representative institutions and lawful cooperation.
Political doctrine advocating solidarity and cooperation among nations, overcoming nationalism, and strengthening global institutions for shared peace and development.
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ReactionaryismFar-Right28%
A pamphleteer of the American and French revolutions, Paine defended the rights of man, the republic, and radical social reforms in popular language, spreading democratic ideals among the masses of his time.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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