Amartya Sen’s Earlier Conception of Economic Agents through the Origins and Development of his Capability Approach (1970–1993)

Valentina Erasmo is “Economy of Francesco Academy” Research Fellow and member of the HES Executive Committee. She is interested in Amartya Sen’s thought, especially his understanding of economic agents. She completed her PhD in Ethics and Economics and History of Economic Thought at Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara in June 2020. In 2016, she got her MA in Management and Socio-Economic Development at the Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara. In 2013, she completed her MA in Philosophical Sciences at the Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara. She has recently been awarded with the 2021 AHE Best Early Career Research Prize for her paper entitled “Extending Capabilities Conception of the Individual in Economics: Relationality and Responsibility”.