Gunnar Myrdal
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Economics, Social Science
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Poverty, Poor People
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Scandinavian History
Article abstract: Myrdal, who received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, is among the most important intellectual figures of the twentieth century. He was one of the primary forces responsible for the development of the welfare state in his native Sweden, and his study of American racial relations contributed to the dismantling of legal segregation in the United States. His analyses of the Third World—its poverty and other problems—have been equally influential.
Early Life
Gunnar Myrdal was born in the rural parish of Gustafs, in the province of...
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