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Gunnar Myrdal
Karl Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish economist and sociologist. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena." When his wife, Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in…
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politics · Swedish economist, sociologist, and Nobel Laureate (1898–1987) · economist · university teacher · politician · sociologist · also Gunnar Myrdal, Karl Gunnar Myrdal, Myrdal
Born 6 December 1898 · Died 17 May 1987 · Q152452
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2014· 1 entry
“William Easterly’s The Tyranny of Experts: The Undoubted Merits of Individual Liberty, Individual Initiative and Democracy”
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1987· 2 entries
Died 1987-05-17.
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Myrdal suffered from Parkinson's disease and was hospitalized for two months before he died in a hospital in Trångsund, south of Stockholm, on 17 May 1987.
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1982· 1 entry
Became the fourth ever married couple to have won Nobel Prizes, and the first and only to win independent of each other (versus a shared Nobel Prize by scientist spouses)
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1981).
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1974· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena.
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Awarded Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (1974).
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Received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence o
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But argued for its abolition because he believed that economics is a "soft" science
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1971· 1 entry
Both he and his wife received honorary doctorates from Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota
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1970· 2 entries
Awarded Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (1970).
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Published a companion book called The Challenge of World Poverty, where he laid out what he believed to be the chief policy solutions to the problems he outlined in Asian Drama
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1967· 1 entry
Myrdal received an honorary doctorate from Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University
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1961· 1 entry
Founded the Institute for International Economic Studies at the university
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1960· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1960–1967).
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1956· 2 entries
Myrdal wrote the foreword for African American author Richard Wright's The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference
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And 1957, he was able to publish An International Economy, Problems and Prospects, Rich Lands and Poor and Economic Theory and Underdeveloped Regions
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded Kurt Lewin Award (1952).
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1950· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy (1950).
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1947· 1 entry
Career landmark: general secretary (1947–1957).
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1945· 2 entries
Awarded Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (1945).
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Career landmark: Minister of Trade (1945–1947).
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1944· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the First Chamber (1944–1947).
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1941· 1 entry
Which praised the United States' democratic institutions
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1939· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1939).
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The Cost of Living in Sweden, 1830–1930 (1933)
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1936· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the First Chamber (1936–1938).
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1933· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1933–1947).
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1932· 1 entry
Four years prior to Keynes' General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
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1927· 1 entry
Examined the role of expectations in price formation
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1924· 1 entry
And together had son Jan Myrdal (born 1927), daughter Sissela Bok (born 1934) and daughter Kaj Fölster (born 1936)
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1914· 1 entry
After his ancestors' farm Myr in the province of Dalarna
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1898· 1 entry
Born 1898-12-06.
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