| Gunnar Myrdal  AKA Karl Gunnar Myrdal
Born: 6-Dec-1898
Birthplace: Gustafs, Dalarna, Sweden
Died: 17-May-1987
Location of death: Stockholm, Sweden
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist Nationality: Sweden
Executive summary: Monetary Equilibrium Wife: Alva Myrdal (politician/diplomat, m. 1924, two daughters, one son)
Daughter: Sissela Bok (ethicist)
Son: Jan Myrdal (author, b. 19-Jul-1927)
Daughter: Kaj Fölster
Law School: Stockholm University (1923)
University: PhD Economics, Stockholm University (1927)
Professor: Institute of International Studies, Geneva (1930-31)
Professor: Political Economy, Stockholm University (1933-50)
Professor: International Economy, Stockholm University (1960-67)
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 1970 (with Alva Myrdal)
Nobel Prize for Economics 1974 (with F. A. Hayek)
UN Official Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Europe (1947-57)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Econometric Society
American Economic Association
Author of books:
The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory (1930)
Monetary Equilibrium (1939, economics)
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (1944)
Beyond the Welfare State: Economic Planning and Its International Implications (1960)
Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations (1968)
The Challenge of World Poverty: A World Anti-Poverty Program in Outline (1970)
Against the Stream: Critical Essays on Economics (1972)
Increasing Interdependence between States but Failure of International Cooperation (1977)
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