Gunnar Myrdal

Economist, Academic

1898 – 1987

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Who was Gunnar Myrdal?

Karl Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish Nobel Laureate economist, sociologist, and politician. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 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." He is best known in the United States for his study of race relations, which culminated in his book An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. The study was influential in the 1954 landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision Brown v. Board of Education.

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Born
Dec 6, 1898
Gagnef
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Nationality
  • Sweden
Profession
Education
  • Juris Doctor
    Economics
    ( - 1927)
  • Stockholm University
    Law
    ( - 1923)
Employment
  • Stockholm School of Economics
    (1933 - 1947)
Died
May 17, 1987
Danderyd

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on July 23, 2013

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