H. Gregg Lewis | |
Birth Date: | May 9, 1914 |
Birth Place: | Homer, Michigan |
Death Place: | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Nationality: | American |
Institutions: | Duke University Cowles Commission University of Chicago |
Field: | Labor economics |
School Tradition: | Chicago school of economics |
Alma Mater: | University of Chicago |
Doctoral Advisor: | Henry Schultz |
Doctoral Students: | Albert Rees Gary Becker Walter Oi Robert Lucas Jr. Sherwin Rosen |
Influences: | Paul Douglas |
Harold Gregg Lewis (May 9, 1914 – January 25, 1992) was an American economist notable for his contributions in labor economics.[1] He was considered a principal member of the monetarist, free-market-oriented Chicago school of economics.[2]
A native of Homer, Michigan, Lewis earned his bachelor's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He stayed as a faculty member until 1975, when he moved to Duke University.[3]