Sir Arthur Lewis - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Ingham is Honorary Research Associate at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London. Paul Mosley is Professor of Economics at the University of Sheffield Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue, the Caribbean in Turmoil 1915-1933 1. Marvellous Intellectual Feasts: The LSE Years 1933 - 1948 2. The Colonial Office and the Genesis of Development Economics 3. 'It Takes Hard Work to be Accepted in the Academic World' 4. Manchester University (1948-57) 5. The Manchester Years (1948-57): Lewis as a Social and Political Activist 6. Why Visiting Economists Fail: The Turning Point in Ghana 1957-58 7. Disenchantment in the Caribbean, 1958-63 8. Princeton and Retirement, 1963-1991 9. 'The Fundamental Cure for Poverty is Not Money But Knowledge': Lewis' Legacy

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• Authors: B Ingham, B. Ingham, Barbara Ingham, Mosley, P Mosley, P. Mosley, Paul Mosley, Paul Ingham Mosley, Mosley P Ingham B
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2013
• EAN: 9780230553583
• ISBN: 978-0-230-55358-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Great Thinkers in Economics; Great Thinkers in Economics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Amerikanische Geschichte, B, International economic relations, Economic history, International Economics, History of the Americas, Quantitative Economics, America—History, History of Economic Thought and Methodology, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Development Economics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Development economics and emerging economies, Economic theory and philosophy, Economics—History