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Sir W. Arthur Lewis, 76 Nobel prize-winning economist
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Sir W. Arthur Lewis, who won a Nobel Prize in
1979 for pioneering research on economic development in emerging
countries, died yesterday. He was 76.
A professor emeritus of political economy at Princeton, he died
in his sleep at his home in Barbados, a Princeton spokesman said.
He published a book, "The Theory of Economic Growth," in 1954
that is regarded as the seminal study in the field.
Sir Arthur, educated at the University of London, won the Nob...
