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    Why Amartya Sen’s thesis of democracy averting famines doesn’t apply to the fight against the pandemic

    Unlike a famine which makes it to the front pages of newspapers, there is very little interest about the systematic underfunding of public health 

    Manas Chakravarty
    May 03, 2021 / 08:31 IST
    India's Nobel economics laureate Amartya Sen speaks during a conference in his honour for development, freedom and welfare in New Delhi December 19, 2008. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA) - RTR22PJC
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