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Original Minds - Series 1, Episode 3, with Amartya Sen
Year: 2000
Names: Rabinovitch, Sandra, Sen, Amartya, 1933-, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description:
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
Description:
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
["Will work for food; Will play for food"]
Year: 1996
Names: Krieger, Bob
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"We've got a supersmille for you"
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"Hah!....Hah! could you direct me to bank. Just laugh two blocks down this street.
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"I'd rather be working"
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"I seem to be losing that old 'Joie de vivre'...."
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"Because it's there!"
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"Look..up there...the poverty line!"
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"..Poor Devil...I'm going to see to it that you get a bigger cup!..."
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"..Any plans for '99?"
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image
"...Mind slipping on a new one?...Protocol demands it..."
Names: Bierman, Bob, 1921-2008
Part of: Editorial Cartoons Collection
Type: Still Image