Comments: Nicholas Barr

Language:: English

Print Publication Date:: 04 May 1999

Keywords:: BOOK; government; country; policy; Sen; OECD government; redistribution policy; microenterprise growth; OECD country; government policy; market reform; Income inequality; Income distribution; Personal income; Income; Sub-Saharan Africa; East Asia; Global; Africa; Eastern Europe; health outcome; point Sen; value judgment; Sen note; Sen's assertion; Civil service; Western Europe

Abstract

It is a great pleasure both to be back in Washington and to share a platform with my former colleague, Amartya Sen. Sen’s key message is that equity cannot be captured as a single number, but is multidimensional and should be treated as such by policymakers—a point made also in Atkinson’s paper.

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