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Original Minds - Series 1, Episode 3, with Amartya Sen

Year: 2000

Names: Rabinovitch, Sandra, Sen, Amartya, 1933-, Wachtel, Eleanor

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Original Minds: wide-ranging conversations with some of the most inspired thinkers of our time. Series 1, Episode 3: Amartya Sen. Amartya Sen draws on his experience growing up in India to bring a unique perspective to economic issues. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on welfare economics and the politics of famine.

Part of: Writers & Company

Type: Sound recording non-musical

"At the start of the year, I was a rich successful business man, then I decided to invest every cent in a business venture- distributing sun-tan lotion in sunny Alberta!"

Year: 1968

Names: Uluschak, Edd

Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection

Type: Still Image

[Abandoned cars on a residential street]

Names: Lynch, Brent

Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection

Type: Still Image

Original Minds: 30 Years of Writers & Co Special, with Jane Goodall, Oliver Sacks, Amartya Sen, Jane Jacobs and Desmond Tutu

Year: 2021

Names: Goodall, Jane, 1934-2025, Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006, Pearson, Ian, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015, Sen, Amartya, 1933-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Tutu, Desmond, Wachtel, Eleanor

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In celebration of Writers & Company's 30th anniversary, we present some of the best interviews from the special series Original Minds — five inspiring people whose work has made a difference to how we see the world: Jane Goodall, Oliver Sacks, Amartya Sen, Jane Jacobs, and Desmond Tutu.

Part of: Writers & Company

Type: Sound recording non-musical