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ECONOMISTS WHO GOT NOBLE PRIZE
Gunnar Myrdal
c. 1937
Born6 December 1898
Gustafson, Dalarna, Sweden
Did17 May 1987 (aged 88
Danderyd, Sweden
Na!ionali!y Sweden
"ild# !conom"cs, #ol"t"cs, Soc"ologyIn#!i!u!ion# Stoc$%olm &n"'ers"ty
Al$a $a!r Stoc$%olm &n"'ers"ty
Do%!oral ad&i#or Gusta' assel
'arl Gunnar Myrdal (6 December 1898 ) 17 May 1987 was a Swed"s%
*obel laureate econom"st, soc"olog"st, and +ol"t"c"an. n 197-, %e
rece"'ed t%e *obel Memor"al #r"e "n !conom"c Sc"ences w"t% /r"edr"c%
0aye$ for t%e"r +"oneer"ng wor$ "n t%e t%eory of money and econom"c
fluctuat"ons and for t%e"r +enetrat"ng analys"s of t%e "nterde+endence of
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econom"c, soc"al and "nst"tut"onal +%enomena.24 0e "s best $nown "n
t%e &n"ted States for %"s study of race relat"ons, w%"c%
culm"nated "n %"s boo$ An American Dilemma: The Negro
Problem and Modern Democracy. 5%e study was "nfluent"al "nt%e 19- landmar$ &.S. Su+reme ourt Dec"s"on Brown v.
Board of Education.
Edu%a!ion and arly %arr
Gunnar Myrdal graduated w"t% a law degree from Stoc$%olm &n"'ers"ty
"n 193 and a doctorate "n econom"cs "n 197. n 1919, %e met l'a
e"mer , w%om %e marr"ed "n 19-.2-4
n Gunnar Myrdals doctoral d"ssertat"on, +ubl"s%ed "n 197, %e
e:am"ned t%e role of e:+ectat"ons "n +r"ce format"on. 0"s analys"s
strongly "nfluenced t%e Stoc$%olm sc%ool. 0e bu"lt on ;nut
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de'elo+ed by %"m and art"culated "n %"s boo$ Monetary Economic,
+ubl"s%ed "n 193, four years +r"or to ;eynes !eneral Theory of
Employment" #nteret and Money.234
arberCs comment u+on MyrdalCs wor$ on monetary t%eorygoes l"$e t%"s
Ef %"s contr"but"on %ad been a'a"lable to readers of !ngl"s% before 1936,
"t "s "nterest"ng to s+eculate w%et%er t%e Fre'olut"onC "n macroeconom"c
t%eory of t%e de+ress"on decade would be referred to as FMyrdal"anC as
muc% as F;eynes"anC 264
!conom"st G. @. S. S%ac$le cla"med t%e "m+ortance of Gunnar Myrdal=s
analys"s by w%"c% sa'"ng and "n'estment are allowed to adBust e: ante toeac% ot%er. 0owe'er, t%e reference to e: ante and e: +ost analys"s %as
become so usual "n modern macroeconom"cs t%at t%e +os"t"on of ;eynes
to not "nclude "t "n %"s wor$ was currently cons"dered as an odd"ty, "f not
a m"sta$e. s S%ac$le +ut "t
Myrdal"an e: ante language would %a'e sa'ed t%e General 5%eory from
descr"b"ng t%e flow of "n'estment and t%e flow of sa'"ng as "dent"cally,
tautolog"cally eHual, and w"t%"n t%e same d"scourse, treat"ng t%e"reHual"ty as a cond"t"on w%"c% may, or not, be fulf"lled.274
Gunnar Myrdal also de'elo+ed t%e $ey conce+t "rcular umulat"'e
ausat"on, a mult"Icausal a++roac% w%ere t%e core 'ar"ables and t%e"r
l"n$ages are del"neated.
Carr
Gunnar Myrdal became +rofessor at t%e Stoc$%olm Sc%ool of!conom"cs 1933.284 t t%e Stoc$%olm Sc%ool of !conom"cs %e became
good fr"ends w"t% >ert"l J%l"n, +rofessor "n econom"cs at t%e same
un"'ers"ty 199I196. 5%e two became t%e lead"ng +ro+onents of t%e
Stoc$%olm sc%ool. Myrdal was +rofessor of econom"cs at Stoc$%olm
Sc%ool of !conom"cs for 1 years, unt"l 19-7.284
0e became a Soc"al Democrat"c Member of #arl"ament from 1933 and
from 19- to 19-7 %e ser'ed as 5rade M"n"ster "n 5age !rlander s
go'ernment. Dur"ng t%"s +er"od %e was %ea'"ly cr"t"c"sed for %"s
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f"nanc"al agreement w"t% t%e So'"et &n"on. t t%e same t"me %e was
accused of be"ng res+ons"ble for t%e Swed"s% monetary cr"s"s "n 19-7.294
0e coaut%ored w"t% %"s w"fe, l'a Myrdal, t%e $rii in the Population
%uetion (Swed"s% &ri i befol'ningfr(gan, 193-. 5%e wor$ ofGunnar and l'a "ns+"red +ol"c"es ado+ted by t%e M"n"ster of Soc"al
ffa"rs, Gusta' MKller , to +ro'"de soc"al su++ort to fam"l"es.
Gunnar Myrdal %eaded a com+re%ens"'e study of soc"olog"cal,
econom"c, ant%ro+olog"cal and legal data on race relat"ons "n t%e &n"ted
States funded by t%e arneg"e or+orat"on, start"ng "n 1938. 5%e result
of t%e effort was Gunnar Myrdals bestI$nown wor$, An American
Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, +ubl"s%ed "n
19--, wr"tten w"t% t%e collaborat"on of . M. !. Sterner and rnold
ose.21?4 0e c%aracter"ed t%e +roblem of race relat"ons as a d"lemma
because of a +erce"'ed confl"ct between %"g% "deals, embod"ed "n w%at
%e called t%e mer"can reed, on t%e one %and and +oor +erformance
on t%e ot%er. n t%e generat"ons s"nce t%e "'"l
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>etween 196? and 1967, %e was a +rofessor of "nternat"onal econom"cs
at Stoc$%olm &n"'ers"ty. n 1961, %e founded t%e nst"tute for
nternat"onal !conom"c Stud"es at t%e &n"'ers"ty. 5%roug%out t%e 196?s,
%e wor$ed on a com+re%ens"'e study of trends and +ol"c"es "n Sout%
s"a for t%e 5went"et% entury /und. 5%e study culm"nated "n %"s t%reeI'olume Aian Drama: An #n,uiry into the Poverty of Nation" +ubl"s%ed
"n 1968. n 197?, %e +ubl"s%ed a com+an"on boo$ called The $hallenge
of -orld Poverty" w%ere %e la"d out w%at %e bel"e'ed to be t%e c%"ef
+ol"cy solut"ons to t%e +roblems %e outl"ned "n Aian Drama.
Gunnar Myrdal strongly o++osed t%e L"etnam eam "nour !yes (a b"bl"cal reference cf. Matt%ew 71) %e "ntroduced t%e
a++roac% ment"oned as sc"ent"f"c relat"'"sm of 'alues. 5%"s be%a'"oral
a++roac% "s narrowly connected to be%a'"oral"sm and "s bu"lt on t%e "dea
t%at t%e log"cal gulf between "s and oug%t "s more so+%"st"cated t%an
Bust d"'"d"ng +rem"ses "nto categor"es. 5%e art"cles ed"ted "n Lalue "n
Soc"al 5%eory underl"nes Myrdals "m+ortance to +ol"t"cal sc"ence. s
+ol"t"cal sc"ence normally "s cons"dered more descr"+t"'e as econom"cs
one m"g%t get t%e "dea t%at Myrdal s%ould not %a'e dealt systemat"cally
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w"t% t%e 'alues a++l"ed to econom"cs. Jn t%e contrary, Myrdal
connected soc"al sc"ence, +ol"t"cal sc"ence and econom"cs as a
+ract"t"oner.
Myrdal +ubl"s%ed many notable wor$s, bot% before and after American Dilemma and, among many ot%er contr"but"ons to soc"al and +ubl"c
+ol"cy, founded and c%a"red t%e Stoc$%olm nternat"onal #eace esearc%
nst"tute. nternat"onally re'ered as a fat%erIf"gure of soc"al +ol"cy, %e
contr"buted to soc"al democrat"c t%"n$"ng t%roug%out t%e world, "n
collaborat"on w"t% fr"ends and colleagues "n t%e +ol"t"cal and academ"c
arenas. Sweden and >r"ta"n were among t%e +"oneers of a welfare state
and boo$s by Myrdal ( Beyond the -elfare tate ) *ew 0a'en, 198
and "c%ard 5"tmuss ( Eay on /The -elfare tate0 ) @ondon, 198unsur+r"s"ngly e:+lore s"m"lar t%emes. Myrdals t%eoret"cal $ey conce+t
c"rcular cumulat"'e causat"on contr"buted to t%e de'elo+ment of
modern *onIeHu"l"br"um econom"cs.2184
Sir Arthur Lewis
Sir William Arthur Lewis, ofcial
Nobel Prize photo
Born William Arthur Lewis
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23 January 11!"astries, Saint Lucia,#ritish Win$war$%slan$s
Died
1! June 11&a'e$ ()*Saint +ichael,#arba$os
Nationality
Saint Lucia, nite$-in'$om
Fields .conomics
Institutions
LS. &13/0/*niersity o+anchester &1/0!/*niersity o West%n$ies &1!0)3*
Princeton niersity &1)301*
Almamater
LS.
ThesisThe economics ofloyaltycontracts &14*
Doctoraladvisor
Sir Arnol$ Plant
Known for
5eelopment.conomics%n$ustrial structure6istory o the Worl$.conomy
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Notableawards
Nobel +emorialPrize in .conomicSciences &1(*
Spouse7la$y Jacobs Lewis&m8 1(*, 2$au'hters91:
Sir Willia$ Ar!)ur Li# (3 Aanuary 191 ) 1 Aune 1991 was a
Sa"nt @uc"an econom"st well $nown for %"s contr"but"ons "n t%e f"eld of
econom"c de'elo+ment. n 1979 %e won t%e *obel Memor"al #r"e "n
!conom"cs.
#io'raphy
rt%ur @ew"s was born "n astr"es, Sa"nt @uc"a, t%en st"ll +art of t%e
>r"t"s% ac%elor of Sc"ence degree "n 1937 and a #%.D. degree"n 19-? at t%e @ondon Sc%ool of !conom"cs (@S!, @ew"s wor$ed as a
member of t%e staff at t%e @S! unt"l 19-8. n 19-7, %e marr"ed Gladys
Aacobs, and t%ey %ad two daug%ters toget%er.
5%at year %e was selected as a lecturer at t%e &n"'ers"ty of Manc%ester ,
and mo'ed t%ere w"t% %"s fam"ly. 0e taug%t at Manc%ester unt"l 197.
Dur"ng t%"s +er"od, %e de'elo+ed some of %"s most "m+ortant conce+ts
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about t%e +atterns of ca+"tal and wages "n de'elo+"ng countr"es. 0e
+art"cularly became $nown for %"s contr"but"ons to de'elo+ment
econom"cs, of great "nterest as former colon"es began to ga"n
"nde+endence from !uro+ean nat"ons.
an$ .
@ew"s rece"'ed t%e *obel +r"e "n !conom"cs "n 1979, s%ar"ng "t w"t%5%eodore Sc%ult.24
0e d"ed on 1 Aune 1991 "n >r"dgetown, >arbados. 0e was bur"ed "n t%e
grounds of t%e St @uc"an commun"ty college named "n %"s %onour. 0e
was sur'"'ed by %"s w"fe, Gladys Aacobs @ew"s of >arbados and
#r"nceton, *A two daug%ters, !l"abet% @ew"s of ranbury, *A, and
>arbara @ew"s of >roo$lyn and four brot%ers, Stanley @ew"s of G%ana,
!arl @ew"s of 5r"n"dad, llen @ew"s, a former Go'ernor General of St
@uc"a, and L"ctor @ew"s of St @uc"a.
The Lewis !odel
@ew"s +ubl"s%ed "n 19- w%at was to be %"s most "nfluent"al
de'elo+ment econom"cs art"cle, !conom"c De'elo+ment w"t%
&nl"m"ted Su++l"es of @abour (Manc%ester Sc%ool. n t%"s +ubl"cat"on,
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%e "ntroduced w%at came to be called t%e Dual Sector model, or t%e
@ew"s Model.
@ew"s comb"ned an analys"s of t%e %"stor"cal e:+er"ence of de'elo+ed
countr"es w"t% t%e central "deas of t%e class"cal econom"sts to +roduce a
broad +"cture of t%e de'elo+ment +rocess. n %"s t%eory, a ca+"tal"st
sector de'elo+s by ta$"ng labour from a nonIca+"tal"st bac$ward
subs"stence sector. t an early stage of de'elo+ment, t%e unl"m"ted
su++ly of labour from t%e subs"stence economy means t%at t%e ca+"tal"st
sector can e:+and for some t"me w"t%out t%e need to ra"se wages. 5%"s
results "n %"g%er returns to ca+"tal, w%"c% are re"n'ested "n ca+"tal
accumulat"on. n turn, t%e "ncrease "n t%e ca+"tal stoc$ leads t%eca+"tal"sts to e:+and em+loyment by draw"ng furt%er labor from t%e
subs"stence sector. G"'en t%e assum+t"ons of t%e model (for e:am+le,
t%at t%e +rof"ts are re"n'ested and t%at ca+"tal accumulat"on does not
subst"tute for s$"lled labor "n +roduct"on, t%e +rocess becomes selfI
susta"n"ng and leads to modern"at"on and econom"c de'elo+ment.264274
5%e +o"nt at w%"c% t%e e:cess labor "n t%e subs"stence sector "s fully
absorbed "nto t%e modern sector, and w%ere furt%er ca+"tal accumulat"on
beg"ns to "ncrease wages, "s somet"mes called t%e @ew"s"an turn"ng
+o"nt. t %as recently been w"dely d"scussed "n t%e conte:t of econom"c
de'elo+ment "n %"na.284
The Theory of Economic Growth
@ew"s +ubl"s%ed The Theory of Economic !rowth "n 19 "n w%"c% %e
soug%t to E+ro'"de an a++ro+r"ate framewor$ for study"ng econom"cde'elo+ment, dr"'en by a comb"nat"on of Ecur"os"ty and of +ract"cal
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