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H/t @ChelseaHerps: If you visit Google's front page today, you may see a Black guy with glasses. If you're an economist #EconTwitter, you probably know who this is.
If not, meet Sir Arthur Lewis, the first Black person to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Economics. A thread/
If not, meet Sir Arthur Lewis, the first Black person to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Economics. A thread/
Lewis was a Caribbean economist who spent a lot of time thinking about the economic growth of pre-dominantly Black countries.
He actually advised many African and Caribbean countries, most notably, Ghana (my homeland) right after independence.
He actually advised many African and Caribbean countries, most notably, Ghana (my homeland) right after independence.
Depending on who you ask, he was problematic.
However, if you've ever taken economic development, you probably know the his Dual-sector model, which basically said: more industry produced goods
farmers leave for manufacturing jobs until equilibrium is metcapital growth.
However, if you've ever taken economic development, you probably know the his Dual-sector model, which basically said: more industry produced goods
farmers leave for manufacturing jobs until equilibrium is metcapital growth.
Lewis was a complicated guy, and I am curious to hear what both neo-classical and heterodox economists say about him today, but a great place to start on understanding who he was and his impact on economic development is this @voxeu article #econtwitter: https://voxeu.org/article/w-arthur-lewis-and-tradeoffs-economics-and-economists
If we are doing firsts, I would love to see @Google @GoogleDoodles have a doodle of Dr. Sadie Alexander on her birthday, January 2. Next year marks her 100th anniversary of making history as the first African-American to receive a doctorate in economics.
Interesting and not so great fact: Since the inception of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1968... only two Black men and two white women have won it out of the 86 individuals who have received the prize.
Essentially, 95 PERCENT of all Nobels in Econ have gone to white guys.
Essentially, 95 PERCENT of all Nobels in Econ have gone to white guys.
*Nobel recipients, my bad
Lewis attended @LSEnews @LSE_id btw. And this is where I say that there's not enough Black people in economics and related fields in the UK so please support and follow @TheBlackEcon_ founded by @FeliciaAyensua: https://twitter.com/LSE_ID/status/1336989028621619200?s=20
@EconomicsinTen also has a podcast feature on Sir Arthur Lewis' legacy if anyone wants to take a listen with their cup of morning tea (because coffee is disgusting lol): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/season-2-episode-3-sir-arthur-lewis/id1450116373?i=1000457117477
I want to go ahead and plug some amazing Caribbean economists that I personally know and who are absolutely brilliant in honor of #SirArthurLewis today:
@PeterBlairHenry
@pqblair
@georgeannjryan
@JehannJack
@AndriaSmythe
Please feel free to reply with more below!
@PeterBlairHenry
@pqblair
@georgeannjryan
@JehannJack
@AndriaSmythe
Please feel free to reply with more below!
I wanna plug @SadieCollective INTERNATIONAL conference taking place in February 2021, which @georgeannjryan incredibly generous offered to fund 15 Antiguan women to attend: https://twitter.com/georgeannjryan/status/1336457561688641537?s=20
You can register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-sadie-tm-alexander-conference-for-economics-and-related-fields-tickets-128948665931?aff=estw&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=tw&utm-term=checkoutwidget
You can register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-sadie-tm-alexander-conference-for-economics-and-related-fields-tickets-128948665931?aff=estw&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=tw&utm-term=checkoutwidget
This is kind of cool! h/t @jp_wack that when you click the logo this thread pops up first, woooo! Expect to hear more from Black economists throughout the day about #SirArthurLewis. #EconomicsisAwesome
If there is ever a biopic of this man, please cast the one and only Samuel L Jackson. The resemblance is uncanny.
