 The Swedish EconomistsBenny Carlson ()
Chapter Chapter 3 in Swedish Economists in the 1930s Debate on Economic Planning, 2018, pp 33-46 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Five Swedish economists were at the heart of the Swedish debate on economic planning: Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher and Gösta Bagge represented an older generation of classical/market liberals opposed to planning, Bertil Ohlin and Gunnar Myrdal a younger generation of social liberals or socialists advocating planning. These five fought over economic planning from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. Cassel, Heckscher and Ohlin wrote in daily newspaper on a regular basis, Bagge and Myrdal were more directly involved in policy-making. A few other economists occasionally intervened in the debate: David Davidson, Sven Brisman, Karin Kock, GustafÅkerman, Gustaf and Johan ÅkermanÅkerman, Johan. Ernst Wigforss, leading Social Democrat and the man who “divorced” planning from socialization, will also play a role in our story. He was not an economist by profession but anyway at the forefront of economic policy debates. Keywords: Swedish economists; Gustav Cassel; Eli Heckscher; Gösta Bagge; Gunnar Myrdal; Bertil Ohlin (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-03700-0_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-03700-0_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in Economic History from Palgrave Macmillan |
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