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9783030943271
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Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought Series
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Intro -- Preface -- Praise for Twelve Figures in Swedish Economics -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Twelve Figures in Swedish Economics -- Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin: The Origin of Their Theorem -- Gunnar Myrdal on Method -- The Swedish Planning Issue: Ingvar Svennilson -- A Young Man in the Swedish Diplomatic Service: Axel Iveroth -- Ingvar Svennilson Goes West -- Deep in the Heart of Värmland: Jan Wallander and the Class Society -- The Swedish Public Sector: Erik Höök -- Economics as Polemics: Bo Södersten -- Economic Doctrines: Rolf G. H. Henriksson -- Deregulation of Agriculture: Ingemar Ståhl -- A Moose Hunter at the Riksbank: Villy Bergström -- All Too Soon: Göte Hansson -- References -- 2 The Inspiration for the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem -- The Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem -- Heckscher's Sources of Inspiration: The Sugar Tariff Issue -- 'Solidary' Tariffs: Fritz Brock -- Wicksell's Criticism -- Bertil Ohlin's Contribution -- Ohlin's Sources of Inspiration: Studies in Lund and Stockholm -- Unter den Linden -- Heckscher and Ohlin -- From Harvard to Copenhagen and Beyond -- References -- 3 Gunnar Myrdal on Poverty and Circular, Cumulative Causation -- Dynamics -- Wicksell's Cumulative Process and Myrdal's Adaptation of It -- The Problem of Value Premises -- A Programmatic Article and Active Economic Policy -- Circular Causation and Institutions -- Social Engineering: The Population Issue -- An American Dilemma -- The 'Negro Problem' -- Explicit Value Premises -- Circular, Cumulative Causation -- Social Engineering -- American Poverty Revisited: Challenge to Affluence -- The International Dimension of Poverty -- The Cairo Lectures -- Beyond the Welfare State -- Asian Drama -- The Mechanisms of Poverty -- The Need for Planning -- Underutilization of Labor -- The Non-Agricultural Sectors -- Agricultural Reform -- Population Problems
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The Challenge of World Poverty -- America and South Asia in Retrospect -- The Preacher -- The Wisdom of Hindsight -- Epilogue -- References -- 4 Ingvar Svennilson on Economic Planning in War and Peace -- Why Svennilson? -- Wartime Planning -- Planning for the Peace -- Peacetime Planning -- Long-Term Planning -- Planning in Retrospect -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 From the Western Front: Axel Iveroth in Washington -- Industrial Attaché Iveroth -- The First Letter to Sweden -- The Mohn Affair -- Climate and Culture -- American Organization -- Swedish-American Relations -- Swedish-American Industrial Contacts -- An Important Cooperation -- Norwegian-Swedish Cooperation -- New York -- Canada and Chicago -- References -- 6 From the New World: Ingvar Svennilson in the United States and Cuba -- Industry Visits -- University Visits -- Enormous Investment Needs -- Overproduction? -- The Advance of the Trade Unions -- Social Policy and Income Distribution -- Economic Policy -- A Ten-Year Plan -- Svennilson in Cuba -- In Revolutionary Havana -- The Cuban Economy -- The Support for Castro -- The Critical Year 1959 -- INRA -- The Relations with the United States -- References -- 7 'Well, But in Those Days, Booze Was Cheap': Jan Wallander in the Värmland Forests -- From Valhallavägen to Risberg -- We Down Here, You Up There: The Värmland Class Society -- On the Ground -- Higher Up -- At the Top -- The Elderly -- References -- 8 'Like Locusts on the Mississippi': A Pioneer Study of the Expansion of the Swedish Public Sector -- Background Facts -- Productivity and Cost Disease -- Doctoral Dissertation -- The Thesis Defense -- The Reception in the Press -- The Reception in Professional Journals -- Expert Statements -- The Long-Run Impact -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9 The Political Economy of Bo Södersten -- The Licentiate Thesis -- Literary Interlude
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Doctor -- The Doctoral Dissertation: Growth and Trade -- Housing Policy: The Three Rents -- The Thesis Defense -- After the Disssertation -- The Guy with the Book -- Essays -- Per Albin and the Brotherhood -- The Hunt for a Chair -- The Swedish Institute for Social Research -- Gothenburg and Lund -- The Housing Market -- The Dream of the Labor-Managed Economy -- Criticism -- More Textbooks -- Economic Development -- Cuba and Chile -- Africa and Asia -- In Parliament -- The Debater -- Economic Policy -- Saulus Falls off the Horse -- The Overgrown Public Sector -- Nourishing and Draining -- Pensions: Reform of the ATP System -- Nuclear Power -- Daycare Centers or Preschools? -- University Politics -- Immigration -- 'The Catching Culture': More Welfare Abuse -- Concentration of Power -- The Limits of Democracy -- Systemic Defects -- Reforming the Welfare State -- People -- Torsten Gårdlund -- Who Was Bo Södersten? -- References -- 10 Rolf G. H. Henriksson: Portrait of an Economist -- The Dissertation -- The Heckscher Studies -- Montgomery and Ohlin -- The National Institute of Economic Research -- The Lundberg Studies -- The Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research -- The Dahmén Studies -- The Political Economy Club -- The Swedish Economic Association -- Politics and History of Economic Doctrines -- A Meticulous Lone Wolfer -- References -- 11 The Peasant Oppressor from Norra Fäladen: Ingemar Ståhl and the Regulation of Swedish Agriculture -- The Political Economy of the Food Sector -- Emergency Policy -- The Interest Group Analysis -- The Peasants Grumble -- Deregulation -- CAP -- Epilogue: This is 2017 -- References -- 12 My Friend Villy -- Childhood and Studies -- The Social Democrat -- The Political Economy of Hemoptysis -- In the Scientific Service of the Labor Movement
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Editor in Chief, Deputy Governor at the Riksbank and the LO Once More -- Moose and Ellington -- Socialism for Real -- References -- 13 Social Clauses, Harmonization and Transition Economies: The World of Göte Hansson -- The First Publications -- The Dissertation -- Discrimination -- The Practical Level -- Harmonization -- Trade Policy and Technical Standards -- Working Environment Quality and Environmental Destruction -- Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- A Practical Application: The Car Industry -- Internationalization -- Ethiopia -- Ethiopia Tikdem -- More Sida Reports -- Eritrea -- The Horn of Africa and Tanzania -- A Disputed Chair -- The Faculty Man -- References -- Index
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lundahl, Mats Twelve Figures in Swedish Economics Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 ISBN 9783030943264
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