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Economic sectors
Three-sector
hypothesis
Colin Clark
Jean Fourastié
Primary sector
(raw materials)
Secondary sector
(manufacturing)
Tertiary sector
(services)
Others suggested
Quaternary sector
Quinary sector
By ownership
Public sector
Private sector
Voluntary sector

Colin Grant Clark (November 2, 1905 - September 4, 1989) was a British economist and statistician who worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia, and who pioneered the use of the gross national product ("GNP") as the basis for studying national economies. The Economy may be classified into subdivisions called sectors (also called Industries) in several ways The three-sector hypothesis is an economic theory which divides economies into three sectors of activity extraction of raw materials ( primary) manufacturing ( Jean Fourastié ( April 15, 1907, in Saint-Benin-d'Azy, France - July 25, 1990, in Douelle, France The public sector is the part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the Government, whether national Regional In Economics, the private sector is that part of the economy which is both run for private Profit and is not controlled by the State. The voluntary sector (also non-profit sector) is the sphere of social activity undertaken by Organizations that are non-profit and non-governmental Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An economist is an expert in the Social science of Economics. Statisticians work with theoretical and applied Statistics in both the private and public sectors The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Colin Clark was born in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, then at Winchester College, and from 1924 at Brasenose College, Oxford where he studied chemistry. The Dragon School is a British Coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Winchester College is a well-known boys' Independent school, and an example of an English Public school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire Brasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College (in full The King's Hall and College of Brasenose, often referred to by the abbreviation BNC Through G. D. H. Cole and Lionel Robbins he became interested in Economics and after graduation he held research positions at the London School of Economics, the University of Liverpool and the government's Economic Advisory Council. George Douglas Howard Cole ( 25 September 1889 &ndash 14 January 1959) was an English Political theorist, Economist Lionel Charles Robbins Baron Robbins (1898 - 2008 was a British economist and adherent to the Austrian School of Economics. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the The University of Liverpool is a University in the city of Liverpool, England. Keynes was a member of the Council and he was very impressed by Clark: "Clark is, I think, a bit of a genius. John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes CB (ˈkeɪnz "cains" (5 June 1883 &ndash 21 April 1946 was a British Economist whose ideas " From 1931 to 1937 Clark was a Lecturer in Statistics at Cambridge University. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Between 1938 and 1953 he was Director of the Queensland Bureau of Industry and the Queensland Government Statistician. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent

Clark's Sector Model (1950)
Clark's Sector Model (1950)

He returned to England and served as Director of the Institute of Agricultural Economics at Oxford University until 1969. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Clark subsequently spent time in Australia and England and returned to Australia permanently in 1978.

He is the father of Gregory Clark (1936-) former Australian diplomat and now a professor of economics based in Japan. Gregory Clark may refer to Greg Clark (journalist, Canadian author and journalist Greg Clark, British M He has seven other sons and one daughter.

The Econometric Society Australasian Region has a Colin Clark Lecture [1] and a building at the University of Queensland is named after him. The University of Queensland (UQ is one of Australia's premier learning and research institutions [2]

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