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Seven Figures in the History of Swedish Economic Thought

Knut Wicksell, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin, Torsten Gårdlund, Sven Rydenfelt, Staffan Burenstam Linder and Jaime Behar

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  1. Mats Lundahl

    1. Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Unknown Writings

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Reaction to Knut Wicksell’s First Cause Célèbre: The Chief Cause of Social Misfortunes

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 20-54

  4. Population Growth and Diminishing Returns: Knut Wicksell on the Causes of Poverty

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 55-83

  5. Knut Wicksell on Population and Poverty: A General Equilibrium Approach

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 84-104

  6. Foreign Trade and Exchange Rates: The Theoretical Contribution of Eli Heckscher to International Economics

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 105-121

  7. The Janus Face of Eli Heckscher: Theory, History and Method

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 122-144

  8. The Beginning of Economic History

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 145-151

  9. Eli Heckscher and the Colleagues: The Role of Personality for Economic History

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 152-182

  10. The Economist Bertil Ohlin: Do His Ideas Still Stand Up?

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 183-189

  11. Torsten Gårdlund: Littérateur and Economist

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 190-194

  12. Torsten Gårdlund: A Portrait

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 195-231

  13. Against the Current: Sven Rydenfelt (1911–2005)

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 232-236

  14. Sven Rydenfelt: The Awkward Polemic

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 237-267

  15. To Be an Independent Thinker: An Intellectual Portrait of Staffan Burenstam Linder

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 268-292

  16. Visions and Action

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 293-297

  17. Jaime Behar (1938–2010)

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 298-305

  18. A Tradition Lost? The Swedish Economists in the Public Debate

    • Mats Lundahl
    Pages 306-325

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 326-335
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About this book

Who are the greatest economic thinkers of Sweden? Seventeen essays on seven Swedish economists aim to answer this question, exploring the contributions of Knut Wicksell, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin, Torsten Gårdlund, Sven Rydenfelt, Staffan Burenstam Linder and Jaime Behar. Swedish academic economists have by and large withdrawn from the public debate but this book celebrates Swedish Economic Thought from Knut Wicksell to the present.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

    Mats Lundahl

About the author

Mats Lundahl is Professor at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Seven Figures in the History of Swedish Economic Thought

  • Book Subtitle: Knut Wicksell, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin, Torsten Gårdlund, Sven Rydenfelt, Staffan Burenstam Linder and Jaime Behar

  • Authors: Mats Lundahl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137293091

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-29308-4Published: 09 June 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29309-1Published: 08 June 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 335

  • Topics: Ethics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

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