Background

LEWIS, William Arthur was born in 1915 in St Lucia, W. Indies.

Education

Bachelor of Arts London School of Economies and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, 1937. Master of Arts University

Manchester, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy University London, 1942.

Honorary degrees 20 universities.

Career

Lector, London School of Economies and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, 1938-1948. United Kingdom Board Trade, United Kingdom Colonial Office, 1940-1945. Professor of Economics, University Manchester, England, 1948-1958.

Principal, University College, W. Indies, 1958-1962. Vice-Chancellor, University W. Indies, 1962-1963. Professor of Economics, Princeton University, 1963-1970.

President, Caribbean Development Bank, 1970-1973. Consultant, Government Gold Coast, 1953, Western Nigeria, 1955. Economics Adviser, Prime Minister Ghana, 1957-1958.

Professor of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1973.

Achievements

• Member, United Nations Group Experts Underdeveloped Countries, 1950-1952. Knighted, 1963; Nobel Prize in Economics, 1979. President, American Economic Association, 1982.

Works

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  • The Theory of Economic Growth (University Books)

    (a landmark in the contemporary approach to economics"The ...)

  • Theory of Economic Growth

    (a landmark in the contemporary approach to economics"The ...)

  • Growth and Fluctuations, 1870-1913

    ( In this title, first published in 1978, Sir Arthur Lewi...)

  • The principles of economic planning (Harper torchbooks, TB 1436)

    (Discussing the problems arising from a mixed economy, Pri...)

  • Overhead Costs

    (Professor Lewis is to be congratulated upon being among t...)

  • Development Planning: The Essentials of Economic Policy.

    ("Drawing upon the experience of many nations W. Arthur Le...)

  • Economic Survey: 1919 - 1939

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  • Economic and Social Survey of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1938-1939, an
  • ECONOMIC SURVEY 1919-1939
  • Should Cost Overhead Study Analysis: An Examination of Selected Studies
  • Electric lighting plants, their cost and operation: Data compiled from station reports of electric lighting plants employing overhead circuits, with ... desired by the non-technical purchaser
  • The financial plight of the city of New York : a plea for creative financial thinking respecting the growing menace of overhead costs : a letter to the Comptroller of the city of New York, Hon. Harrison J. Goldin
  • Low cost teacher made overhead transparencies from three mil Trycite
  • The Principles of Economic Planning. A Study Prepared for the Fabian Society.
  • The Principles of Economic Planning; A Study Prepared for the Fabian Society
  • The principles of economic planning
  • Development Planning; The Essentials of Economic Planning
  • Tropical Development, 1880-1913
  • TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT 1880-1913
  • Tropical development, 1880-1913: studies in economic progress,
  • Economic Survey 1919-1939
  • Economic Survey 1919-1939
  • Economic survey : 1919-1939 / W. Arthur Lewis
  • Overhead Costs: Some Essays in Economic Analysis (Unwin University Books)
  • Overhead Costs. Some Essays in Economic Analysis.
  • The principles of economic planning: A study prepared for the Fabian Society (Unwin university books, 11)
  • The Principles of Economic Planning
  • Development Planning: The Essentials of Economic Policy