प्रोफेसर सर पार्थ सारथी दासगुप्ता (जन्म 17 नवंबर, 1942), एफबीए, एफआरएस, कैम्ब्रिज विश्वविद्यालय, यूनाइटेड किंगडम में अर्थशास्त्र के फ्रैंक रैमसे प्रोफेसर हैं; सेंट जॉन्स कॉलेज, कैम्ब्रिज के फेलो; ट्रिनिटी कॉलेज, कैम्ब्रिज के मानद फेलो; और मैनचेस्टर विश्वविद्यालय में पर्यावरण और विकास अर्थशास्त्र के प्रोफेसर। अनुसंधान हितों ने कल्याण और विकास अर्थशास्त्र को कवर किया है; तकनीकी परिवर्तन का अर्थशास्त्र; जनसंख्या, पर्यावरण और संसाधन अर्थशास्त्र; सामाजिक पूंजी; खेल का सिद्धांत; और कुपोषण का अर्थशास्त्र।
उनका जन्म ढाका, बांग्लादेश, उस समय भारत में हुआ था और वे प्रसिद्ध अर्थशास्त्री ए.के. दासगुप्ता। उन्होंने कैरोल दासगुप्ता से शादी की है, जो एक मनोचिकित्सक हैं। उनके तीन बच्चे हैं, जुबैदा दासगुप्ता-क्लार्क (एक शैक्षिक मनोवैज्ञानिक), शमिक (एक दर्शनशास्त्र प्रोफेसर) और आयशा (जो गरीब देशों में प्रजनन स्वास्थ्य पर काम करती हैं)।
An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution पीडीएफ पार्थ दासगुप्ता
How should economic and social theory accommodate empirical facts about physical destitution, and how should governments respond to famines and hunger? This interdisciplinary book focuses on these and other questions about physical being. Dasgupta's aim here is to offer a description of destitution as it occurs among rural populations of the poor countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America; to give an account of the forces at work which perpetuate destitution, and to offer prescriptions for both the public and private spheres of life.A central concern of the author has been to reconcile theoretical considerations with the empirical evidence that has been obtained in the several disciplines this work encompasses, including anthropology, demography, ecology, geography, and philosophy. The entire discussion is designed to provide a philosophy for human well-being that can guide public policy in poor countries. Therefore, the role of the State, of communities, of households, and of individuals is studied in considerable detail.The author reveals an empirical link between greater political and civil liberties and improvements in life expectancy at birth, national income per capita, and infant survival rates. He identifies patterns of asset redistribution that promote economic growth by raising labor productivity, and argues that democratic participation in the design of public policies is not only intrinsically valuable, but has strong instrumental virtues: it allows privately held information to be put into effective use. Dasgupta presents evidence to show that significant reductions in military budgets would free the resources needed for the satisfaction of citizens' basic economic needs, and he provides guidance for the motivation and necessary focus of governments. He also looks at the allocation of food, work, health care, education, and income across genders, age groups, and orders of birth. He explores the findings of nutritionists on the link between food needs and work capacity, and develops a language to allow the environment to be included in social policies and calculations. By covering an unprecedented range of material, An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution becomes required reading for all those concerned with the human situation and the plight of the destitute.