Knut Wicksell on poverty : no place is too exalted

Knut Wicksell on poverty : no place is too exalted / Mats Lundahl.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lundahl, Mats, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Series:Routledge studies in the history of economics.
Subjects:
Wicksell, Knut, > 1851-1926.
Wicksell, Knut, > 1851-1926
Population.
Poverty.
poverty.
Population
Poverty
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Table of Contents:
  • Tumultuous beginnings : the cause of poverty and its remedy
  • The causes of population growth : the French prize essay
  • The centerpiece of Wicksell's theory : diminishing returns
  • Overpopulation, specialization and trade
  • Emigration : a solution of the past
  • The optimum population
  • Wicksell's views : a summary interpretation
  • Why was Wicksell accused of lack of originality?

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