1979年,第十一届诺贝尔经济学奖由英国曼彻斯特大学教授路易斯(Sir Arthur Lewis)和美国芝加哥大学教授舒尔兹(Theodore W·Schulez)获得,得奖的理由是“因特别着重开发中国家的经济发展研究”。路易斯生于1915年,1937年毕业于伦敦经济学院,1940年获博士学位,1938年至1948年在母校任教,1963年移居美国,曾担任过许多非洲国家、联合国及世界银行的顾问。 In 1979, the 11th Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded by Sir Arthur Lewis, a professor at the University of Manchester, and Theodore W. Schulez, a professor at the University of Chicago. The reason for the award was “due to special emphasis on developing National Economic Development Research. ” Louis was born in 1915, graduated from the London School of Economics in 1937, received a doctorate in 1940, taught at his alma mater from 1938 to 1948, immigrated to the United States in 1963 and has consulted with many African countries, the United Nations and the World Bank.