

Lamont University Professor at Harvard University and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.Īssociation for India's Development is a volunteer movement promoting sustainable, equitable and just development.


Suman Ghosh is a documentary filmmaker and professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University.Īmartya Sen is the Thomas W. Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University he is the former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank. Kaushik Basu is a professor of economics and the C. This event was co-sponsored by the India Initiative and the Association for India's Development. The esteemed economists discussed the economics of social justice, community welfare, and how economists can help measure and improve the quality of life for citizens in developing countries. Shot over a period of 15 years, the film follows a series of conversations between Professor Sen and his student, Kaushik Basu.Īfter the film screening, Amartya Sen, professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University Suman Ghosh, documentary filmmaker and professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University and Kaushik Basu, former chief economist at the World Bank answered questions from the audience. The documentary traces Amartya Sen’s life and explores how the arc of his career shaped his current worldview and impacted his beliefs about social choice theory, development economics, and philosophy. On Octothe India Initiative, in partnership with the Association for India's Development, hosted a screening of The Argumentative Indian, a documentary about Nobel laureate and world-renowned economist Amartya Sen, directed by Suman Ghosh, a Bengali filmmaker and economist.
