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If The Government Is Vulnerable To Public Opinion, Then Famines Are A Dreadfully Bad Thing To Have. You Can’t Win Many Elections After A Famine, And You Don’t Like Being Criticized By Newspapers, Opposition Parties In Parliament, And So On. Democracy Gives The Government An Immediate Political Incentive To Act.
-Amartya Sen
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If The Government Is Vulnerable To Public

Amartya Sen
If The Government Is Vulnerable To Public Opinion, Then Famines Are A Dreadfully Bad Thing To Have. You Can’t Win Many Elections After A Famine, And You Don’t Like Being Criticized By Newspapers, Opposition Parties In Parliament, And So On. Democracy Gives The Government An Immediate Political Incentive To Act.
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