The compassionate economist: Amartya Sen reflects on an Indian childhood
As a child in British India, Amartya Sen received an early lesson in economics when he noticed that a local sports rivalry had an impact on fish prices in Calcutta. As he explains in his new memoir, “Home in the World,” depending on which team won a football match, the type of fish preferred by its fans for celebratory dinners would immediately shoot up in price. “The elementary economics of a price rise due to a sudden hike in demand,” Sen writes, “was immediately interesting.”
The young boy captivated
