The Essential Gunnar Myrdal

``This I Believe'' ix Gunnar Myrdal Preface xi Stellan Andersson Orjan Appelqvist Chronology xv Introduction xix Sissela Bok Gunnar Is My Name! 1(24) From ``A Positive Radical'' 3(3) From Value in Social Theory 6(16) Literature About Gunnar Myrdal: A Selection 22(3) Theoretical Economist: The Stockholm School and the Economic Crisis of the 1930s 25(28) From Price Formation and the Change Factor 28(4) From Monetary Equilibrium 32(2) ``Fiscal Policy in the Business Cycle'' 34(12) From ``High Taxes, Low Interests'' 46(7) On Evaluation in Research 53(32) From The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory 55(5) From ``The Altered World Image in Political Economy'' 60(3) From An American Dilemma 63(8) From Objectivity in Social Research 71(3) From Diary Letter to Alva Myrdal 74(11) Opinion Former: A New Social Policy and the Welfare State 85(34) From ``Dilemma of Social Welfare Policy'' 88(4) From ``Population Problems and Policies'' 92(16) Excursus 108(11) Investigator: The American Dilemma 119(40) From An American Dilemma 122(11) From Challenge to Affluence 133(12) ``Myrdal's Sacred Flame,'' 145(3) Michael S. Harper From An American Dilemma 148(11) Politician: Harvest Struggles 159(28) From Varning for fredsoptimism (Warning for Post-War Optimism) 163(8) ``Sweden Actively Furthering Free Trade'' 171(7) From ``The Reconstruction of World Trade and Swedish Trade Policy'' 178(5) Excursus 183(4) International Cooperation 187(18) ``Why Are International Economic Organizations So Inefficient?'' 190(4) From ``Increasing Interdependence Between States but Failure of International Cooperation'' 194(11) World Poverty 205(12) From ``The Need for Reforms in Underdeveloped Countries'' 209(8) Institutional Economist 217(28) From Rich Lands and Poor 220(5) From ``The World Poverty Problem'' 225(6) From ``Institutional Economics'' 231(14) A Worried American 245(9) From ``The Vietnam War and the Political and Moral Isolation of America'' 246(8) From ``A Worried America'' 254