I'ยm generally in favor of economic globalization. Having said that, it doesnยt always work and does not immediately work in the interest of all. There are sufferers.
Amartya SenEconomics, as it has emerged, can be made more productive by paying greater and more explicit attention to the ethical considerations that shape human behaviour and judgment.
Amartya SenIf the government is vulnerable to public opinion, then famines are a dreadfully bad thing to have. You canยt win many elections after a famine, and you donยt like being criticized by newspapers, opposition parties in parliament, and so on. Democracy gives the government an immediate political incentive to act.
Amartya Sen