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Chapter 1: Introduction: Twelve Figures in Swedish Economics -- Chapter 2: The Inspiration for the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem -- Chapter 3: Gunnar Myrdal on Poverty and Circular, Cumulative Causation -- Chapter 4: Ingvar Svennilson on Economic Planning in War and Peace -- Chapter 5: From the Western Front: Axel Iveroth in Washington -- Chapter 6: From the New World: Ingvar Svennilson in the United States and Cuba -- Chapter 7: 'Well, But in Those Days, Booze Was Cheap': Jan Wallander in the Värmland Forests -- Chapter 8: 'Like Locusts on the Mississippi': A Pioneer Study of the Expansion of the Swedish Public Sector -- Chapter 9: The Political Economy of Bo Södersten -- Chapter 10: Rolf G.H. Henriksson: Portrait of an Economist -- Chapter 11: The Peasant Oppressor from Norra Fäladen: Ingemar Ståhl and the Regulation of Swedish Agriculture -- Chapter 12: My Friend Villy -- Chapter 13: Social Clauses, Harmonization and Transition Economies: The World of Göte Hansson. .

1. Growing Up -- 2. Uppsala -- 3. Doctor -- 4. After the Dissertation -- 5. Essays -- 6. The Hunt for a Chair -- 7. The Housing Market -- 8. The Dream of the Labor-Managed Economy -- 9. Contrasting Economies: Sweden and the Developing Countries -- 10. Three Continents -- 11. In Parliament -- 12. The Debater -- 13. Saulus Falls off the Horse -- 14. The Overgrown Public Sector -- 15. Nuclear Power, Childcare, and Higher Education -- 16. Two Controversial Issues -- 17. Concentration of Power and Corruption -- 18. Systemic Defects -- 19. Book Reviews and Biography -- 20. Who Was He, Really?.

"Mats Lundahl has written a wonderful book about one of the most charismatic Swedish intellectuals of the 20th century." Fredrik Sjoholm, Professor of Economics and CEO at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm "Mats Lundahl has written a very thorough and lively story of my old favorite enemy Bo Sodersten, a story which also brings to life the ideological march of the Swedish Social Democracy from Socialism to socially embedded capitalism." Johan Lonnroth, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Ex-Vice President of the Swedish Left Party "Mats Lundahl has written a wonderful book about this extraordinary person." Karolina Ekholm, Professor of Economics, Stockholm University and Director General, Swedish National Debt Office This book explores the economic work and legacy of Bo Sodersten. While best known internationally for his textbook International Economics, Soderstens influence stretches well beyond this. Through his academic work and newspaper articles, he covered a wide spectrum of topics that often challenged conventional wisdom. By examining his work on housing, the labor-managed economy, development economics, nuclear power, childcare, and higher education, a full view of his diverse work is presented. This book aims to provide insight into the motivations and impact of Bo Sodersten during each phase of his life: his academic career, his political life, and his time as a debater-provocateur. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in Swedish economics, the history of economic thought, and international economics. Mats Lundahl is Professor emeritus of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, where he held his chair between 1987 and 2013.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- I Theories of International Trade -- 2 The Rybczynski theorem under decreasing returns to scale -- 3 Staples trade and economic development -- 4 Natural resources, 'vent-for-surplus' and the staples theory -- II Trade and Development -- 5 Spain and the conquest of America: Profits, religion and forced labor in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- 6 The external sector in the economic development of Chile: 1850-1955 -- 7 Export-led growth as a determinant of social development in Costa Rica -- 8 Some experiences from regional cooperation between Third World countries -- III Protectionism -- 9 Emergency considerations in Swedish agriculture: A retrospective look -- 10 Emergency policies for Swedish agriculture -- IV Factor Movements and Structural Adjustment -- 11 International migration, remittances and real incomes: Effects on the source country -- 12 Brain drain, illegal migration and capital exports from less developed economies: A neoclassical approach -- 13 Microeconomic aid and macroeconomic problems -- 14 An evaluation of Swedish development cooperation with Nicaragua -- 15 Some experiences of structural adjustment in Africa -- Index

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