CREATING CAPABILITIES

If a countrys Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, hea lth care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ev er grasp how the worlds billions of individuals are really managing?In this powerful critique, Martha Nussbaum argues that our domi nant theories of development have given us policies that ignore our most basic human needs for dignity and self-respect. For the pas t twenty-f...[Read more]