SLAVERY, FREEDOM, AND SEN
讨论阿马蒂亚·森在《以自由看待发展》中提出的观点，即选择能力对经济发展至关重要，并以美国奴隶的高物质消费与自由白人的对比为例，探讨有利结果来自不利制度（如奴隶制）的评价问题，以及奴隶制与生存需求的关系和性别角色差异。
Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom argues that the ability to make choices is fundamental to economic development, and that the evaluation of outcomes can provide misleading answers. He uses the example of the high material consumption of US slaves relative to some free whites to illustrate this contrast. This paper discusses some of the implications of such comparisons and the problem of evaluating what might be regarded as favorable outcomes which come from unfavorable institutions (e.g., slavery). It appears that all good things do not necessarily go together. The past relation of enslavement to the need for subsistence is discussed. Differences in gender roles under slavery and after emancipation are also examined.