Swedish Economics
Published on 3. September 1998
Book
342 pages
978-0-415-15802-2 (ISBN)
Description
Since the first half of the twentieth century, a number of Swedish economists have made lasting contributions to the science of economics. Eminent names in this field include Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassell, Gunar Myrdal and Bertil Ohlin. This set reprints nine books and a collection of essays, by and about, the Swedish economists.
The first volume contains an introductory review article by Bo Sandelin on Swedish economics 1900-1960 in addition to an insightful cross-section of articles by such prominent names as Heckscher, Frisch, Palander, Siven and Ackerman. This volume includes Ohlin's articles from the 1937 Economic Journal where he first coined the term 'Stockholm School'.
The first monographs in the set are Wicksell's celebrated Lectures on Political Economy. Cassell's system is summarized in his Fundamental Thoughts in Economics. Ohlin is represented by his path-breaking Interregional and International Trade, Myrdal by his critical The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory, Lindahl by Studies in the Theory of Money and Capital, Bent Hansen by A Study in the Theory of Inflation, Lundberg Meidner, Rehn and Wickman by Wages Policy Under Full Employment and Lundberg also by Business Cycles and Economic Policy.
The first volume contains an introductory review article by Bo Sandelin on Swedish economics 1900-1960 in addition to an insightful cross-section of articles by such prominent names as Heckscher, Frisch, Palander, Siven and Ackerman. This volume includes Ohlin's articles from the 1937 Economic Journal where he first coined the term 'Stockholm School'.
The first monographs in the set are Wicksell's celebrated Lectures on Political Economy. Cassell's system is summarized in his Fundamental Thoughts in Economics. Ohlin is represented by his path-breaking Interregional and International Trade, Myrdal by his critical The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory, Lindahl by Studies in the Theory of Money and Capital, Bent Hansen by A Study in the Theory of Inflation, Lundberg Meidner, Rehn and Wickman by Wages Policy Under Full Employment and Lundberg also by Business Cycles and Economic Policy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
800 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-15802-2 (9780415158022)
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Content
Volume One contains a collection of articles by and about Swedish economists. The following articles are reprinted: 1. Introduction: Swedish Economics 1900-1960 ^ IBo Sandelin 2. David Davidson Eli Heckscher 3. Frisch on Wicksell R. Frisch 4. The Production of Cost Agriculture K. Wicksell 5. On Some Sources of Error in the Verification of the Law of Return from the Land K. Wicksell 6. Further Remarks on the Verification of the Law of Return from the Land K. Wicksell 7. The Critical Point K. Wicksell 8. The Influence of the Rate of Interest on Prices K. Wicksell 9. The Rate of Interest, the Bank Rate and the Stabilization of Prices G. Cassel 10. Keynes' General TheoryG. Cassel 11. A Plea for Theory in Economic History Eli Heckscher 12. Transfer Difficulties, Real and Imagined B. Ohlin 13. Some Notes on the Stockholm Theory of Saving and Investment B. Ohlin 14. Alternative Theories of the Rate of Interest B. Ohlin 15. The Concept of Income E. Lindahl 16. On the Concepts and Methods of the Stockholm School T. Palander 17. The End of the Stockholm School C.-H. Siven 18. Annual Survey of Economic Theory: The Setting of the Central Problem J. Akerman 19. Economic Plans and Casual Analysis J. AkermanVolumes Two and Three Lectures on Political Economy, Volumes One and Two K. Wicksell (1901-1906) Volume Four Fundamental Thoughts in Economics G. Cassel (1925) Volume Five Interregional and International Trade B. Ohlin (1933) Volume Six The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory G. Myrdal (1930) Volume Seven Studies in the Theory of Money and Capital E. Lindahl^n (1939) Volume Eight A Study in the Theory of Inflation B. Hansen (1951) Volume Nine Wages Policy Under Full Employment E. Lundberg, R. Meidner, G. Rehn and K. Wickman (1952) Volume Ten Business Cycles and Economic Policy E. Lundberg (1957)