Stuck record: Why Amartya Sen is wrong on food security again

It is becoming increasingly difficult to retain respect for Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. He seems to surface in the media every time the UPA government is about to legislate its pet follies, providing intellectual succour to mindless spending and corruption wrapped up in the package of anti-poverty schemes. Yesterday, Sen bobbed up just when the UPA – under siege for every known scam in India – tried to start discussions on the Food Security Bill in order to divert attention from scams.

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