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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
POVERTY
Contributor:
Schmidtz, David
Published:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023
Published in:
Social Philosophy and Policy, 40 (2023) 1, Seite 1-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s0265052523000341
ISSN:
0265-0525;
1471-6437
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
AbstractPoverty can be an ephemeral life stage of a young person whose skill sets will become more valuable with training and experience, a personal setback such as losing a job, or a systemic affliction that puts a whole community in danger of widespread famine. A common theme of this volume’s essays is that we cannot understand poverty and famine unless we acknowledge that poor people are not mouths to be fed but agents. Amartya Sen got this right, crediting Adam Smith for the seeds of his insight. What has been enabling people by the billions since Smith’s time to work their way out of poverty?