This book explores the development of economic thought in Sweden through some of the people who shaped it. The book highlights both some of the well-known contributions and some overlooked areas of research. It begins with the origins of the pioneer neoclassical Heckscher-Ohlin theorem and Gunnar Myrdal 's circular, cumulative approach to economic development. Secondly, it focuses on a number of economists related to the Industrial Institute of Economic and Social Research: Ingvar Svennilson, Axel Iveroth, Jan Wallander, Erik Höök, Villy Bergström and Rolf Henriksson. Finally, it offers portraits of three economists from Lund University: Bo Södersten, Ingemar Ståhl and Göte Hansson. The work of all of them is placed within the context of the contemporary academic and public economic debate. This book aims at providing a perspective on the legacy of the Swedish tradition in economics and will be relevant to students and academics interested in the history of economic thought.

Illustrates how Swedish economists gained an international reputation during the 20th century Discusses the influence lesser known economists had both within Sweden and internationally Explores the role Swedish economists have played within public policy and global economic policy

Autorentext
Mats Lundahl is Professor emeritus of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, where he held his chair between 1987 and 2013.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction: Twelve Figures in Swedish Economics.- Chapter 2: The Inspiration for the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem.- Chapter 3: Gunnar Myrdal on Poverty and Circular, Cumulative Causation.- Chapter 4: Ingvar Svennilson on Economic Planning in War and Peace.- Chapter 5: From the Western Front: Axel Iveroth in Washington.- Chapter 6: From the New World: Ingvar Svennilson in the United States and Cuba.- Chapter 7: 'Well, But in Those Days, Booze Was Cheap': Jan Wallander in the Värmland Forests.- Chapter 8: 'Like Locusts on the Mississippi': A Pioneer Study of the Expansion of the Swedish Public Sector.- Chapter 9: The Political Economy of Bo Södersten.- Chapter 10: Rolf G.H. Henriksson: Portrait of an Economist.- Chapter 11: The Peasant Oppressor from Norra Fäladen: Ingemar Ståhl and the Regulation of Swedish Agriculture.- Chapter 12: My Friend Villy.- Chapter 13: Social Clauses, Harmonization and Transition Economies: The World of Göte Hansson. <p