A book on employment policy need not, (therefore), aim exclusively at those in power. This one certainly does not’ writes Sen. That, in my opinion, is the mildest understatement in the book; whoever it aims at, it will floor. In the range of issues it covers, the amount of information it provides on the existing literature and the variety of concepts and ideas it uses, this little monograph of 193 pages will test the best minds in the business. A small indication of this is the bibliography of 22 pages that comes in at the end, each of its items having received separate mention in the text.
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