144 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
140 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Knut Wicksell is arguably the greatest Swedish social scientist of all time, and poverty was a theme that occupied him all his life. Indeed, it was probably Wicksell's interest in poverty that was the critical factor in drawing him away from his purely mathematical background towards a greater understanding of the social sciences as a whole.
In this outstanding volume, Mats Lundahl, one of the... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Tumultuous Beginnings: The Cause of Poverty and Its Remedy 3. The Causes of Population Growth: The French Prize Essay 4. The Centrepiece of Wicksell's Theory: Diminishing Returns 5. Overpopulation, Specialization and Trade 6. Emigration: A Solution of the Past 7. The Optimum Population 8. Wicksell's Views: A Summary Interpretation 9. Why Was Wicksell Accused of Lack of Originality?
Biography
Mats Lundahl is Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics
'...his style and sense for amusing details make the reading a great pleasure.'
Bo Sandelin, History of Economic Ideas, 2006
