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I had no idea in 1933 what economics was, but I did well in the subject from the start, and when I graduated in 1937 with first class honours LSE gave me a scholarship to do a PhD in industrial economics.

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There are still people who discuss industrialization as... an alternative to agricultural improvement... this approach is without meaning in the West Indian Islands. There is no choice... between industry and agriculture. The islands need as large agriculture as possible... It is not... that agriculture cannot continue to develop if industry is developed … the opposite is true: agriculture cannot... yield a reasonable standard of living unless new jobs are created off the land

W. Arthur Lewis

W. Arthur Lewis

W. Arthur Lewis

Born: January 23, 1915

Died: June 15, 1991 (aged 76)

Bio: Sir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist well known for his contributions in the field of economic development. In 1979 he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

Known for:

The theory of economic growth (1955)
Politics in West Africa (1965)
The principles of economic planning (1919)
Growth and fluctuations, 1870-1913 (1978)

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