This set reprints works by, and about, Swedish economists working between the turn of the century and 1960. The editor provides an overview of Swedish economics, as well as growth and specialization within the discipline.
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This set reprints works by, and about, Swedish economists working between the turn of the century and 1960. The editor provides an overview of Swedish economics, as well as growth and specialization within the discipline.
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Fine. No Jacket. Amazon list for 10 volume set. $2750.00. "This set reprints works by, and about, Swedish economists working between the turn of the century and 1960. The volumes contain a number of recent articles, monographs and collections of essays. Examples are given of the lively involvement in public affairs and public discussions by the generations of economists under consideration. The editor provides an overview of Swedish economics, as well as growth and specialization within the discipline. Amongst the schools and individuals included are the early neo-classical scholars Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel and Eli Heckscher, the Stockholm School, including Erik Lindahl, Gunner Myrdal, Bertil Ohlin, Erik Lundberg and politically influential trade economists such as Rudolf Meidner and Gosta Rehn." (Publisher). "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 Theory G. 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. Akerman Volumes 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 (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) " (Will require additional postage because of weight fopr destinations outside of the USA.
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Fine. The complete 10 volume set. Will require additional postage for destinations outside of the USA. Descriptionh: 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.