Gunnar myrdal biography books
Myrdal is best known in the United States for his study of race relations, which culminated in his book An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern.
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (Black and African-American Studies) by Myrdal, Gunnar(January 31, ) PaperbackAn American....
Gunnar Myrdal
Swedish economist and sociologist (1898–1987)
Karl Gunnar Myrdal (MUR-dahl, MEER-; Swedish:[ˈɡɵ̌nːarˈmy̌ːɖɑːl]; 6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist.
In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena."[2] When his wife, Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982, they became the fourth ever married couple to have won Nobel Prizes, and the first and only to win independent of each other (versus a shared Nobel Prize by scientist spouses).
Myrdal is best known in the United States for his study of race relations, which culminated in his book An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. The study was influential in the 1954 landmark U.S.
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