Gunnar Myrdal

Karl Gunnar Myrdal (Swedish: [ˈmyːɖɑːl]; 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.^[1] 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.

Gunnar Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal in January 1964
Born	Karl Gunnar Myrdal (1898-12-06)6 December 1898 Skattungbyn, Orsa Municipality, Sweden
Died	17 May 1987(1987-05-17) (aged 88) Danderyd, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Alma mater	Stockholm University
Known for	Monetary equilibrium, Ex-ante, Circular cumulative causation
Spouse	Alva Myrdal ​ (m. 1924)​
Awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1974)[1] 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[2] Raúl Prebisch
Influenced	Ha-Joon Chang G. L. S. Shackle

Related pages

• List of sociologists from Europe

References

1. "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1974". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2009-11-27. ^{[dead link]}
2. Walter A. Jackson, Gunnar Myrdal and America's Conscience: Social Engineering and Racial Liberalism, 1938–1987, UNC Press Books, 1994, p. 62.