Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) Britain's Labour Party has become "too nervous" in its approach, Nobel laureate and Harvard University professor Amartya Sen said here Sunday.
"They have to be more radical... now that's a mistake of theirs," Sen said at an event at the International Kolkata Book Fair.
Recently, the Labour Party has been losing its hold with private business houses in the country.
Sen, a winner of the Adam Smith Prize in 1954 and who moved to London 17 years later, was participating in an interaction "On Encountering UK".
He is presently a Harvard University professor in the philosophy and economics department and a distinguished fellow in Souls College in Oxford.
Britain's economy has recovered more quickly than expected and was 2.7 percent above its pre-crisis peak by the middle of this year.
Unemployment has dipped to below two million to an eight-year low and inflation fell to 1.2 percent, but productivity is flat-lining and wage growth, currently at 0.7 percent, has been lagging behind the rise in the cost of living for six years.
Interestingly, 45 years before he was appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1998, Sen's application for higher studies in the hallowed institution was initially rejected.
"I had earlier (1953) applied to Trinity College Cambridge and they had promptly rejected my application," he said.
However, on account of a last moment cancellation of application from one of the students, Sen received a cable asking him to join.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar broke protocol and submitted his resignation to President Draupad
On Wednesday, his father and actor Shahrukh Khan reached Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail to meet Aryan
HC seeks report on how dead bodies handled in hospitals
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a detailed report from the
The Election Commission will issue a notification today for the second phase of the Lok Sabha ele
'Lotus' or 'Paw' will bloom again in Uttarakhand elections, whose promises have so much power
Four days before the voting, that is, on Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party has released its m
To defeat the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to be held i
Burn Standard Withdraws work Suspension Notice
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Officials of state-owned railway wagon manufacturer Burn Standard Co. Th
International labour Day 2023: labour Day is celebrated every year worldwide to honor labourers a
India's neighboring country Pakistan has been going through a crisis for the last few months. Due
Expedite probe in Odisha chit fund scam: BJP urges CBI
Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday staged a demonstration here, urging the CBI to
