Swedish economic thought : explorations and advances / / edited by Lars Jonung

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783158303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993
• ISBN: 1-134-93810-1; 1-134-93811-X; 1-280-40046-3; 9786610400461; 0-203-02613-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JonungLars
• Disciplina: 330/.09485
• Soggetti: Economics - Sweden - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction and Summary by Lars Jonung; 1 SWEDISH ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 2 PEHR NICLAS CHRISTIERNIN; 3 THE EXISTENCE OF A POSITIVE RATE OF INTEREST IN A STATIONARY STATE: A WICKSELLIAN ENIGMA; 4 KNUT WICKSELL ON FORESTRY: A NOTE; 5 THE SWEDISH ECONOMISTS, THE LABOUR MOVEMENT AND THE 8 HOUR DAY; 6 THE ECONOMIST AS POPULARIZER: THE EMERGENCE OF SWEDISH ECONOMICS 1900-30; 7 GÖSTA BAGGE: AN ENTREPRENEUR IN SWEDISH ECONOMICS; 8 ERIK LINDAHL'S NORM FOR MONETARY POLICY; 9 BERTIL OHLIN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS10 THE LONG RETREAT: GUSTAV CASSEL AND ELI HECKSCHER ON THE NEW ECONOMICS OF THE 1930'S; 11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SWEDISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INFLATIONARY GAP ANALYSIS; 12 ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICS IN FOREST ECONOMICS: SOME SWEDISH CONTRIBUTIONS; INDEX 236
• Sommario/riassunto: 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Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin, Erik Lindahl and Erik Lundberg.The book includes a chapter on an unpublished manuscript of Knut Wicksell's which is reproduced in