Sir Arthur Lewis A Biography

Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political activism...

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Main Authors: Ingham, Barbara, Mosley, Paul (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2013, 2013
Series:Great Thinkers in Economics Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political activism were as important as his economics
Physical Description:X, 342 p online resource
ISBN:9781137366436