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Prasanta Pattanaik explains his choice of economics as a student (switching from Sanskrit). He recalls his formation in logic and in moral philosophy, and the role of Amartya Sen as his Ph.D. supervisor. Strategic voting, deprivation, choice of opportunity sets are considered.
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I use the terms “freedom” and “right” interchangeably here though there are important differences between them.
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Odisha is a state of India, located in the eastern coast, with a population of about 44 million.
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The book, which was unpublished at the time of the interview, has been subsequently published in 2016 by Oxford University Press, Delhi.
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Bandyopadhyay, T., Xu, Y. (2021). Prasanta K. Pattanaik. In: Fleurbaey, M., Salles, M. (eds) Conversations on Social Choice and Welfare Theory - Vol. 1. Studies in Choice and Welfare. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62769-0_13
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