In another work, he pointed to a rise in food prices, rather than a shortage of supply, as the cause of an event which killed 3 million in his native West Bengal.
This thinker identified personal, social, and environmental conversion factors as limits to a framework he proposed. He opined that the impartial spectator was a better alternative to the veil of ignorance in defending his teacher John Rawls's "justice as fairness" concept in The Idea of Justice. He used what people can do as the basis for the capability approach he developed in his article "Equality of What?" This thinker brought attention to (*) female infanticide in his article "More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing." In another work, he pointed to a rise in food prices, rather than a shortage of supply, as the cause of an event which killed 3 million in his native West Bengal. For 10 points, name this author of Poverty and Famines, an Indian welfare economist. 
This thinker identified personal, social, and environmental conversion factors as limits to a framework he proposed.
Amartya Sen