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GUNNAR MYRDAL
A life of many dillemmas
BY CLAES BERG
An overview of Gunnar Myrdal's life and work. He was one of the foremost social scientists of the 20th century and one of the main architects of the Swedish welfare state. Many of the issues he wrestled with are still highly relevant today
“For a layman and non-economist, it is easy to read, well formulated and very much a textbook that awakens new interest in Gunnar Myrdal's life and work.”
— PER WÄSTBERG, author and member of the Swedish Academy
“At last, Sweden has a high-quality biography of one of Sweden's most important social scientists, Gunnar Myrdal.”
— IRENE WENNEMO, General Director of The Swedish National Mediation Office and PhD in Sociology
About
CLAES BERG
Claes Berg has a PhD in economics. He has been the Riksbank's Chief Economist, advisor to central banks in Asia and aid coordinator in southern Africa. He has published books on apartheid policy in South Africa, on the Stockholm Economists and the textbook Global Economics.
