| Description |
xvi, 122 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Routledge studies in the history of economics |
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Routledge studies in the history of economics.
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| Contents |
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? |
| Summary |
"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 this interest that was the main factor in drawing Wicksell away from his studies of mathematics and into economics instead." "Mats Lundahl, a development economist and a specialist on poverty himself, examines Wicksell's thinking in the area and shows that his contribution is a major one."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Wicksell, Knut, 1851-1926.
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Poverty.
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Population.
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| LC no. |
2004017247 |
| ISBN |
0415344271 |
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