刘天怡先生是我国著名的经济学家,学问横跨多个经济学分支,在理论经济学、中外经济史以及人口学等领域,均颇有建树。刘天怡,四川筠连县人,1914年3月出生于一个贫民家庭,五岁丧母,九岁时过继给伯父。伯父是老同盟会员,在其资助下,先生接受了良好的基础教育。1936年考入南京国立中央大学经济系,1937年抗战爆发后,随校迁入重庆,师从著名经济学教授白 Mr. Liu Tianyi is a famous economist in our country. His academic knowledge spans a number of branches of economics and has made substantial achievements in such areas as theoretical economics, economic history in foreign countries, and demography. Liu Tianyi, Junlian County, Sichuan Province, was born in March 1914 in a poor family, aged 5, and died when he was 9, inheriting from his uncle. Uncle is a member of the old alliance, with his funding, Mr. received a good basic education. In 1936 admitted to Nanjing National Central University Department of Economics, after the outbreak of the war of resistance in 1937, with the school moved to Chongqing, under the tutelage of the famous professor of economics