Lauchlin Currie

Lauchlin Bernard Currie
Currie in 1939
Born	(1902-10-08)October 8, 1902 West Dublin, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	December 23, 1993(1993-12-23) (aged 91) Bogotá, Colombia
Citizenship	Canada United States Colombia
Education	London School of Economics (BSc) Harvard University (PhD)
Academic career
Institutions	Harvard University Federal Reserve National Planning Department
Field	monetary economics development economics urban planning
Doctoral advisor	John H. Williams
Other notable students	Paul Sweezy
Influences	Allyn Abbott Young
Contributions	Banking Act of 1935
Awards	Order of Boyaca

Lauchlin Bernard Currie (8 October 1902 – 23 December 1993) was a Canadian economist best known for being President Franklin Roosevelt's chief economic advisor during World War II. After Roosevelt's death, he led the first World Bank survey mission to Colombia and eventually settled there, becoming an economic advisor to the Colombian government. This permanent relocation, however, was not entirely voluntarily, as the U.S. had refused to renew his passport in 1954. It is possible that this occurred because he had been named by two Soviet defectors and in nine partially decrypted cables sent by Soviet agents, but he was never charged with a crime and debate remains around if he knowingly collaborated.