Hutton Honors College

Discussion Supper with Amartya Sen
1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University

• Thurs., Sept. 21, 2006
• 5-6:30 p.m.
• Harlos House, 1331 E. Tenth St.
• SIGN-UP REQUIRED

Amartya Sen, who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, "has helped give voice to the world's poor," as Jeffrey Sachs wrote in Time. His work has ranged across many fields, however, including social choice theory, welfare economics, public health, gender studies, moral and political philosophy, and the economics of peace and war. The impact of his work has ranged from redefining the way poverty is measured to improving our understanding of how individual preference can affect group decision making. His work on the causes of famine has shown that flaws in the distribution of food are more significant factors than reduced food supply. He has demonstrated that famines often occur when there is hardly a decline in food production at all. As a child in India, he witnessed firsthand the effects of such catastrophes during the Bengal famine in 1943. Formerly the Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University, he is currently Lamont University Professor and professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University. The Nobel is just one of his many awards and honors. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion with this remarkable scholar. This program is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program.

On campus as a Patten Lecturer, Amartya Sen will deliver two public lectures:

• Identity: Enrichment, Violence and Terror (Wed., Sept. 20, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Rawles Hall 100)
• India: Bits and Pieces and Beyond (Thurs., Sept. 21, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Auditorium (015))

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