"Economic unfreedom can breed social unfreedom, just as social or political unfreedom can also foster economic unfreedom" This statement that one unfreedom can foster the growth of another is a particularly poignant idea. The different unfreedoms that Sen mentions 1)political freedoms 2) economic facilites 3) social opportunities 4)transparency guarantees 5) protective security are all incredibly interconnected to development. Therefore it is important to realize the need to improve open all these unfreedoms as a whole. Only then will development improve. Sen stresses in Chapter 1 that simply improving on one aspect of freedom does not lead to an enhancement of life overall. a Later in Chapter 4, Sen discusses the idea that poverty is not just a "lowness of income" but actually a deprivation of one basic capability. This deprivation affects much more than just an economic unfreedom. A loss of any basic capability prevents one from developing as an individual and, in broader terms, as a population.
These issues that Sen discusses in his book rang true for me. I appreciated his consideration of the unity of development and the way different unfreedoms can affect so many aspects of development.
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