03832nam 22006495 450 991030345180332120230810163618.03-030-03700-210.1007/978-3-030-03700-0(CKB)4100000007205008(MiAaPQ)EBC5611923(DE-He213)978-3-030-03700-0(EXLCZ)99410000000720500820181206d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSwedish Economists in the 1930s Debate on Economic Planning /by Benny Carlson1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,2018.1 online resource (171 pages)Palgrave Studies in Economic History,2662-65003-030-03699-5 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Background -- Chapter 3: Arguments for and Against -- Chapter 4: International Background -- Chapter 5: The Swedish Economists -- Chapter 6: Economists in the Swedish Debate -- Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions.The 1930s, characterised by repercussions from World War I and the Great Depression, was an era of populism, nationalism, protectionism, government intervention and attempts to create planned economies. The perceived need for economic planning emerged in Sweden in part due to the increasing political strength of the Social Democrats and their evolution from a party hampered by Marxist fatalism to a pragmatic mass movement. The Swedish debate continued beyond World War II and is still relevant to today’s economic crises, which have resulted in a demand for action coming from below (populism) and above (elitism). Carlson surveys the arguments for and against economic planning as they were put forward by leading Swedish economists in the 1930s, with a focus on the thoughts of Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher, Gösta Bagge, Gunnar Myrdal and Bertil Ohlin, among others. In so doing he provides a timely exploration of the debate on the necessary and desirable extent of state intervention in market economies. Benny Carlson is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Economic History, Lund University School of Economics and Management, Sweden. Carlson first completed a degree in journalism and worked for 10 years at a local newspaper before studying economics. He has authored 20 books and over 100 minor publications and articles in Swedish and international scholarly journals.Palgrave Studies in Economic History,2662-6500Economic historyInternational economic relationsEconomicsHistoryEconomic policyEvolutionary economicsInstitutional economicsEconomic HistoryInternational Political Economy’History of Economic Thought and MethodologyEconomic PolicyInstitutional and Evolutionary EconomicsEconomic history.International economic relations.EconomicsHistory.Economic policy.Evolutionary economics.Institutional economics.Economic History.International Political Economy’.History of Economic Thought and Methodology.Economic Policy.Institutional and Evolutionary Economics.338.9338.9485Carlson Bennyauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063554BOOK9910303451803321Swedish Economists in the 1930s Debate on Economic Planning2532973UNINA