Gunnar Myrdal

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Nobel laureate in Economics economist human politician sociologist

Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish economist and sociologist renowned for his work on the welfare state, economic theory, and race relations, and for being a co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Label Occurrences
Gunnar Myrdal canonical 13
Myrdal 2
Jan Myrdal 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate in Economics ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Laws ⓘ
almaMater Stockholm University ⓘ
awardReceived Lippmann Prize ⓘ
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ
Watumull Foundation Award ⓘ
child Gunnar Myrdal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jan Myrdal

Sissela Bok ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-12-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-05-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Stockholm University ⓘ
employer Stockholm University ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
familyName Gunnar Myrdal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Myrdal
fieldOfWork development economics ⓘ
economics ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
welfare economics ⓘ
fullName Gunnar Myrdal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Karl Gunnar Myrdal
givenName Gunnar ⓘ
influenced civil rights discourse in the United States ⓘ
development economics ⓘ
influencedBy John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
knownFor contributions to welfare state theory ⓘ
research on racial inequality in the United States ⓘ
Kaldorian cumulative causation ⓘ
surface form: theory of cumulative causation
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
memberOf Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Swedish Social Democratic Party ⓘ
NobelPrizeField Economic Sciences ⓘ
NobelPrizeSharedWith Friedrich Hayek ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1974 ⓘ
notableWork An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy ⓘ
Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations ⓘ
Beyond the Welfare State ⓘ
The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gustafs, Sweden ⓘ
placeOfDeath Danderyd, Sweden ⓘ
politicalAlignment Social democracy ⓘ
positionHeld Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ
Minister of Trade of Sweden ⓘ
Professor of Political Economy at Stockholm University ⓘ
residence Stockholm ⓘ
surface form: Stockholm, Sweden
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Alva Myrdal ⓘ

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Friedrich Hayek → NobelPrizeSharedWith → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
Norra begravningsplatsen → significantPlaceOfBurialFor → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
Uppsala University → hasNotableAlumnus → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
Gunnar Myrdal → fullName → Gunnar Myrdal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karl Gunnar Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal → familyName → Gunnar Myrdal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal → child → Gunnar Myrdal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jan Myrdal
Alva Myrdal → familyName → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myrdal
Alva Myrdal → spouse → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy → notableRecipient → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
Sonning Prize → hasRecipient → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
SU → hasNotableAlumni → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
subject surface form: Stockholm University
SU → hasNotableFaculty → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
subject surface form: Stockholm University
Knut Wicksell → influenced → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy → author → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations → author → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory → author → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
Beyond the Welfare State → author → Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ