Gunnar Myrdal, 1898-1987
Gunnar Myrdal shared the Nobel memorial prize in 1974 with his
ideological rival, Friedrich A. Hayek. His wife,
Alva Myrdal won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
Major Works of Gunnar Myrdal
- The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory, 1930
- Monetary Equilibrium, 1939
- "Wertbegriff und Wirtschaftsführung"
(Values and Business Management?)
- An American Dilemma: The Negro problem and modern
democracy, 1944 - extracts
- The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory, 1953.
- Economic Theory and Underdeveloped Regions, 1957.
- Beyond the Welfare State: Economic planning and its international
implications, 1960
- Asian Drama: An inquiry into the poverty of nations, 1968.
- Objectivity in Social Research, 1969. - (German)
- The Challenge of World Poverty, 1972.
- "The Equality Issue in World Development", 1975, Les Prix
Nobel en 1974
Resources on Gunnar Myrdal
- Biography
of Myrdal at Nobel Institute
- Press release of
Nobel award (1974)
- Myrdal Page at
Nobel Prize Internet Archive.
- "Myrdal
Obituary", 1987, Boston Globe
- "The
Prescience of Myrdal", by A. and S. Thernstorm, 1997, Public
Interest
- "Gunnar Myrdal - a feminist",
by Birger Viklund, 1999, Working Life
- "Gunnar Myrdal (1898 - 1987)
Die zirkuläre Verursachung von Unterentwicklung" by Herward Sieberg,
2000, E+Z
- "Ekonoportratet:
Gunnar Myrdal", by Bo Gustafsson, 1998, Ekonomisk Debatt (PDF)
- "Review
of Angresano, The Political Economy of Gunnar
Myrdal", by Bo Sandelin, 2000, HOPE
- Gunnar's wife, Ava Myrdal -- Nobel Peace Prize winner 1982 - (1),
(2), (3),
(4)
- Myrdal
page at Britannica.com
- Myrdal page
at Britannica Guide to the Nobel Prizes
- Myrdal Page at Laura Forgette
- Myrdal
article at der Spiegel
- Myrdal
Page (Danish)
- Myrdal
Page (Turkish)
- "Gunnar Myrdal on Racial Restrictive Covenants"
- "The Use and Misuse of the Social Sciences in Crafting Family Policy"
by Allan Carlson
- Myrdal page at PEI
- Myrdal
photograph by G. Paul Bishop
- Myrdal
Bio
- "Sowing the Seeds of Destruction: Gunnar Myrdal's Assault on America"
by Jared Taylor (extreme
right-wing assault).