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Gunnar Myrdal
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![]() Gunnar Myrdal in January 1964
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Karl Gunnar Myrdal
6 December 1898 Skattungbyn, Orsa Municipality, Sweden
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Died | 17 May 1987 Danderyd, Sweden
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(aged 88)
Nationality | Swedish |
Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Known for | Monetary equilibrium,
Ex-ante, Circular cumulative causation |
Spouse(s) |
Alva Myrdal (m. 1924)
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Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1974) Bronislaw Malinowski Award (1975) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Economics, Politics, Sociology |
Institutions | NYU, Stockholm University |
Doctoral advisor | Gustav Cassel |
Doctoral students | Rudolf Meidner |
Influences | Knut Wicksell John R. Commons Raúl Prebisch |
Influenced | Ha-Joon Chang G. L. S. Shackle |
Karl Gunnar Myrdal ( 6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Friedrich Hayek for their work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations. He was best known in the United States for his study of race relations, which is seen in his book An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.
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