Details

Subject(s)

• Poverty [Browse]
• Population [Browse]
• Wicksell, Knut 1851-1926 [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 73. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 73 [More in this series]

Summary note

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 world's leading development economists, examines Wicksell's thinking in the area of poverty, and shows the importance of his contributions to this field.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Tumultuous beginnings; 3 The causes of population growth; 4 The centerpiece of Wicksell's theory; 5 Overpopulation, specialization, and trade; 6 Emigration; 7 The optimum population; 8 Wicksell's views; 9 Why was Wicksell accused of lack of originality?; Notes; References; Index

ISBN

• 1-280-10885-1
• 0-203-02355-2

OCLC

275303262

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