| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 247 pages) : illustrations |
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Chapter 1 SWEDISH ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY* / Göran Ahlström -- chapter 2 PEHR NICLAS CHRISTIERNIN / Mats Persson -- chapter 3 THE EXISTENCE OF A POSITIVE RATE OF INTEREST IN A STATIONARY STATE: A WICKSELLIAN ENIGMA / Björn Hansson -- chapter 4 KNUT WICKSELL ON FORESTRY: A NOTE / Torun Hedlund-Nyström -- chapter 5 THE SWEDISH ECONOMISTS, THE LABOUR MOVEMENT AND THE HOUR DAY / Marianne Sundström -- chapter 6 THE ECONOMIST AS POPULARIZER: THE EMERGENCE OF SWEDISH ECONOMICS 1900-30 / Lars Magnusson -- chapter 7 GÖSTA BAGGE: AN ENTREPRENEUR IN SWEDISH ECONOMICS / Eskil Wadensjö -- chapter 8 ERIK LINDAHL'S NORM FOR MONETARY POLICY / Klas Fregert -- chapter 9 BERTIL OHLIN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS / Harry Flam -- chapter 10 THE LONG RETREAT: GUSTAV CASSEL AND ELI HECKSCHER ON THE 'NEW ECONOMICS' OF THE 1930s / Benny Carlson -- chapter 11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SWEDISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INFLATIONARY GAP ANALYSIS / Claes Berg -- chapter 12 ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICS IN FOREST ECONOMICS: SOME SWEDISH CONTRIBUTIONS / Karl-Gustaf Löfgren |
| Summary |
The impact of Swedish economists on the development of modern economic analysis has been profound. This volume contains twelve essays dealing with various aspects of the development of economics and economic thought from the mid 18th century to the middle of the 20th century. Most of the essays cover the golden age of Swedish economics, the early decades of the 20th century, and deal with such figures as Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin, Erik Lindahl and Erik Lundberg. The book includes a chapter on an unpublished manuscript of Knut Wicksell's which is reproduced in |
| Analysis |
Economics |
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Sweden |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economics -- Sweden -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Economics
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Economie.
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Theorieën.
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Sweden
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jonung, Lars
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| ISBN |
0203026136 |
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9780203026137 |
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9786610400461 |
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6610400466 |
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9780415054133 |
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0415054133 |
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9781134938117 |
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113493811X |
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9781134938063 |
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1134938063 |
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9781134938100 |
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1134938101 |
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9780415755597 |
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041575559X |
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