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| ADAM SMITH |
Adam Smith
, the world's most famous, indeed the father of
modern economics, was born in 1723 in the small town of Kirkcaldy, just north of Edinburgh, Scotland.
His father died before he was born, and Adam Smith was reared by his mother, retaining a life-long loyalty and devotion to her. He never married and spent most of his life living with and caring for his mother, who lived to be ninety.
The Wealth Of Nations which first made Smith’s reputation, but a book on ethics, The Theory Of Moral Sentiments. Once again, Smith looks to social psychology to discover the foundation of human morality. Human beings have a natural ‘sympathy’ for others. That enables them to understand how to moderate their behaviour and preserve harmony. And this is the basis of our moral ideas and moral actions.
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| AMARTYA SEN |
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One of India's greatest pioneers in social theories, Amartya Sen is the name who revolutionized the image of Indian society with his socio-economic policies. Better known for his contributions in classifying the reasons for famine that affected the country post-Independence, Amartya Sen forwarded feasible solutions to curb effectively the crisis that once plagued the nation. A Ph.D. in economics, Sen extensively researched on various problems affecting the socially backward communities.
Professor Sen has researched and written books in a number of wide-ranging fields, including economics, philosophy, decision theory and social choice theory. His work has covered
welfare economics, theory of measurement,
development economics, moral and political philosophy and the economics of peace and war. Professor Sen's books, which have been translated into many languages, and include the
Identity of Violence: The Illusion of Destiny,
Rationality and Freedom,
Collective Choice and Social Welfare,
On Economic Inequality,
Poverty and Famines,
Choice, Welfare and Measurement, Resources, Values and Development,
On Ethics and Economics,
The Standard of Living,
Inequality Reexamined and
Development as Freedom.
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| Rajiv Chandrasekaran |
Rajiv chandrasekaran is an Indian-American journalist. He is currently the National Editor of The Washington Post, where he has worked since 1994. Originally from the San Francisco Bay area, Chandrasekaran holds a degree in political science from Stanford University, where he was editor-in-chief of The Stanford Daily.
His first book is Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone published in 2006, which won the 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize and was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Awards for non-fiction. The film Green Zone (2010) is "credited as having been 'inspired by" the book.
