An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution
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An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution is an influential economic and philosophical treatise that rigorously examines the concepts of welfare, poverty, and inequality within a comprehensive theoretical framework.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution Context triple: [Partha Dasgupta, notableWork, An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution]
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The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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B.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
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C.
Poverty and Famines
Poverty and Famines is a seminal book by economist Amartya Sen that revolutionized the understanding of famine by arguing that they result more from failures of access and entitlement than from food shortages alone.
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D.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent
"An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent" is an 1815 economic treatise by Thomas Malthus that analyzes the origins, determinants, and distributional implications of land rent within classical political economy.
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E.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution Target entity description: An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution is an influential economic and philosophical treatise that rigorously examines the concepts of welfare, poverty, and inequality within a comprehensive theoretical framework.
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A.
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
-
B.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
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C.
Poverty and Famines
Poverty and Famines is a seminal book by economist Amartya Sen that revolutionized the understanding of famine by arguing that they result more from failures of access and entitlement than from food shortages alone.
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D.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent
"An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent" is an 1815 economic treatise by Thomas Malthus that analyzes the origins, determinants, and distributional implications of land rent within classical political economy.
-
E.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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economics book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy of economics book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
development studies
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economics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| addresses |
ethical evaluation of economic states
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relationship between resources and well-being ⓘ role of institutions in poverty and inequality ⓘ |
| author | Partha Dasgupta ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
influential treatise on welfare and poverty
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rigorous examination of well-being and destitution ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
causes of poverty
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conceptual foundations of well-being ⓘ measurement of destitution ⓘ policy implications for poverty reduction ⓘ |
| genre |
development economics
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economic theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Amartya Sen
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social choice theory ⓘ welfare economics tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
capabilities and functionings
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destitution ⓘ distribution of resources ⓘ ethics and economics ⓘ inequality ⓘ interpersonal comparisons of welfare ⓘ measurement of poverty ⓘ measurement of well-being ⓘ poverty ⓘ social choice ⓘ welfare ⓘ well-being ⓘ |
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development practitioners
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economists ⓘ philosophers ⓘ policy makers ⓘ |
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interdisciplinary approach
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microeconomic analysis ⓘ normative economics ⓘ welfare economics framework ⓘ |
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