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W. Arthur Lewis

1915 - 1991

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Sir William Arthur Lewis (23 January 1915 – 15 June 1991) was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis was known for his contributions in the field of economic development. In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. W. Arthur Lewis is the 19th most popular economist (up from 136th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Saint Lucia (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Saint Lucian Economist.

W. Arthur Lewis is most famous for his theory of economic development, which he first proposed in 1954. The theory states that the process of economic development is a two-step process: an initial phase where capital is scarce and labor abundant, and a second phase where capital becomes abundant and labor scarce.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 19 out of 414. Before him are Joseph Schumpeter, Mario Draghi, George Shultz, Alfred Marshall, John Law, and Ludwig von Mises. After him are Klaus Schwab, William F. Sharpe, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Lucas Jr., Ragnar Frisch, and Paul Samuelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 14. Before him are Anthony Quinn, Moshe Dayan, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Orson Welles, Arthur Miller, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.. After him are Eli Wallach, David Rockefeller, Yitzhak Shamir, Paul Samuelson, Clifford Shull, and Billie Holiday. Among people deceased in 1991, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 13. Before him are Serge Gainsbourg, Carl David Anderson, Yves Montand, Klaus Barbie, Klaus Kinski, and Gustáv Husák. After him are Jiang Qing, Graham Greene, John Bardeen, Miles Davis, Frank Capra, and Marcel Lefebvre.

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In Saint Lucia

Among people born in Saint Lucia, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 2 out of 11. Before him are Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763). After him are Derek Walcott (1930), Philip J. Pierre (1954), Pearlette Louisy (1946), Joseph Marcell (1948), Kenny Anthony (1951), Neville Cenac (1939), Julien Alfred (2001), Stephenson King (1958), Chris Boucher (1993), and Levern Spencer (1984).

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Among economists born in Saint Lucia, W. Arthur Lewis ranks 1. 

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