Philosophy
The Capability Approach and Human Flourishing
Quick fact
The capability approach was pioneered by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, whose work on famines demonstrated that starvation is less about food shortage and more about the lack of entitlement to food—a foundational insight for the capability perspective.
Why this is interesting
We often measure a nation's success by its GDP, but can money alone capture whether people can truly live the lives they value? The capability approach argues that a more profound measure lies in what people are actually able to do and be.