Avner Offer & Gabriel Söderberg, The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and The Market Turn
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Keywords

Nobel factor
Nobel prize
Social democracy.

How to Cite

CARSON, S. A. (2017). Avner Offer & Gabriel Söderberg, The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and The Market Turn. Journal of Economics and Political Economy, 4(3), 315–317. https://doi.org/10.1453/jepe.v4i3.1432

Abstract

Abstract. Avner Offer and Gabriel Söderberg have written a history of the Swedish National Bank’s Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel that considers its establishment, important administrative figures, and ideological change.  The book frames the history of 20th century economic thought into liberal Swedish Social Democracy and neo-liberal economics.

Keywords. Nobel factor, Nobel prize, Social democracy.

JEL. B10, L66, Q18.

https://doi.org/10.1453/jepe.v4i3.1432
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