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The following is the edited version of an interview conducted on July 4, 1987, with Professor Sen in London.

This chapter was previously published in the journal Social Choice and Welfare (1988) 5:69–79.

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Gaertner, W., Pattanaik, P.K. (2021). Amartya Sen. 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_5

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