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1、Poor,RelativelySpeakingAuthor(s):AmartyaSenSource:OxfordEconomicPapers,NewSeries,Vol.35,No.2(Jul.,1983),pp.153-169Publishedby:OxfordUniversityPressStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2662642.Accessed:19/02/201111:42YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceofJSTOR'sTermsan
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5、rmationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org.OxfordUniversityPressiscollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoOxfordEconomicPapers.http://www.jstor.orgOxfordEconomicPapers35(1983),153-169POOR,RELATIVELYSPEAKING"ByAMARTYASEN1.IntroductionWHENonthe6thJanuary1941
6、,amidsttheroarofthegunsofthesecondworldwar,PresidentRooseveltannouncedthat"inthefuturedays...welookforwardtoaworldfoundeduponfouressentialfreedoms",including"freedomfromwant",hewasvoicingwhatwassoontobecomeoneofthemajorthemesofthepost-warera.Whiletheeliminationofpovertyalloverthe
7、worldhasbecomeamuch-discussedinternationalissue,itisintherichercountriesthatanimmediateeradicationseemedpossible.Thatbattlewasjoinedsoonenoughafterthewarinthoseaffluentcountries,andtheendingofpoveryhasbeenamajorissueintheirpolicydiscussions.Thereare,however,greatuncertaintiesabou
8、ttheappropriatewayofconceptualisingpover
