Gunnar Myrdal: An Intellectual Biography (Great Thinkers in Economics): William J. Barber
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Over the course of an extended career, Gunnar Myrdal - a Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economics in 1974 - made brilliantly original contributions to monetary theory and policy and to the methodology of economics and social science. This study examines the manner in which his intellectual style left an impact on the shaping of Sweden’s welfare state, on race relations in the United States, on post-World War Two economic cooperation in Europe, and on the analysis of Third World economic development.
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This book examines the intellectual career of Gunnar Myrdal, co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, and one of the most creative economists and social scientists of the twentieth century.