Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen (b.1933) is an Indian economist best known for his work in the fields of welfare economics, poverty, famine and human development. A professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1998.
The Greek crisis illustrates what happens when political authorities abandon responsibility in favour of non-accountable bodies such as rating agencies, writes the Nobel prizewinning economist.