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Gunnar Myrdal, 1898-1987

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Swedish economist, leading figure of the "Stockhom School" of the 1920s-30s. 

Gunnar Myrdal shared the Nobel memorial prize in 1974 with his ideological rival, Friedrich A. Hayek.  His wife, Alva Myrdal won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.

 

  


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Major Works of Gunnar Myrdal

  • The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory, 1930
  • Monetary Equilibrium, 1939
  • "Wertbegriff und Wirtschaftsführung" (Values and Business Management?) [on]
  • An American Dilemma: The Negro problem and modern democracy, 1944 [av]
  • The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory, 1953.
  • Economic Theory and Underdeveloped Regions, 1957.
  • Beyond the Welfare State: Economic planning and its international implications, 1960
  • Asian Drama: An inquiry into the poverty of nations, 1968.
  • Objectivity in Social Research, 1969. - (German)
  • The Challenge of World Poverty, 1972. 
  • "The Equality Issue in World Development", 1975, Les Prix Nobel en 1974 [nobel]
  • "International Inequality and Foreign Aid in Retrospect", 1984, in G.M. Meier and D. Seers, ed, Pioneers in Development [ch.6, full]

 


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Resources on Gunnar Myrdal

  • 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize - press release, facts, autobiography, lecture
  • "Review of American Dilemma" by Ralph Ellison, 1944 [on]
  • "Gunnar Myrdal's Contribution to Economic Theory: A short survey" by Erik Lundberg, 1974, Swedish JE
  • Myrdal obituary in NY Times, 1987
  • The Political Economy of Gunnar Myrdal by James Angresano, 1997
  • "Review of Angresano's Myrdal", by Bo Sandelin, 2000, HOPE
  • Myral entry at Concise Encycl of Economics, LibertyFund
  • Myrdal entry at Britannica
  • Myrdal Page at Nobel Prize Internet Archive.
  • "The Prescience of Myrdal", by A. and S. Thernstorm, 1997, Public Interest
  • "Gunnar Myrdal - a feminist", by Birger Viklund, 1999, Working Life
  • "Gunnar Myrdal (1898 - 1987) Die zirkuläre Verursachung von Unterentwicklung" by Herward Sieberg, 2000, E+Z
  • "Ekonoportratet: Gunnar Myrdal", by Bo Gustafsson, 1998, Ekonomisk Debatt
  • Gunnar Myrdal and America's Conscience: Social Engineering and Racial Liberalism, 1938-1987, by Walter A. Jackson 1990 [prev]
  • Alva and Gunnar Myrdal: Social Engineering in the Modern World by Thomas Etzemüller, 2014 [prev]
  • "Are Americans Champions of Racial Equality?", by Maribel Morey 2015, Atlantic Monthly [online]
  • "American Denial", PBS documentary on Myrdal's impact on America [video]
  • Gunnar's wife, Ava Myrdal -- Nobel Peace Prize winner 1982 - (1), (2), (3), (4)
  • "The Use and Misuse of the Social Sciences in Crafting Family Policy" by Allan Carlson, at  Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society  [onl] (critical of Myrdal)
  • "Sowing the Seeds of Destruction: Gunnar Myrdal's Assault on America" by Jared Taylor, 1996 [onl]. (extreme assault on Myrdal)
  • Wikipedia

 

 
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