From Subsistence to Exchange and Other Essays

Introduction, by Amartya Sen ix I. From Subsistence to Exchange 3 II. Disregard of Reality 15 III. The Land and the People 28 IV. Population Explosion: Disaster or Blessing 30 V. Foreign Aid: Abiding Issues 41 VI. Western Guilt and Third World Poverty 53 VII. The Liberal Death Wish 73 VIII. Ecclesiastical Economics: Envy Legitimized 94 IX. Hong Kong 109 X. Effective Influence on Opinion: The Shenoy Memorial Lecture 116 XI. Class on the Brain 125 XII. Egalitarianism: A Delicate Dilemma 139 Index 149