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Findlay, Ronald; Jonung, Lars and Lundahl, Mats: Bertil Ohlin‐A Centennial Celebration (1899‐1999)

Findlay, Ronald; Jonung, Lars and Lundahl, Mats: Bertil Ohlin‐A Centennial Celebration (1899‐1999) Findlay, Ronald; Jonung, Lars and Lundahl, Mats: Bertil Ohlin—A Centennial Celebration (1899–1999), MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2002, 546 pp. ISBN 0‐262‐06228‐3. The Swedish economist Bertil Ohlin (1899–1979) received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1977, mainly for his contributions to international economics. However, unlike most of the other leading Swedish economists of his generation, he never received an academic Festschrift . The editors intend this book to become one, posthumously collected and published. As such, it should be considered exceptionally interesting and successful. Most of the contributions have a clear relationship to Ohlin, and offer new insight of one kind or another. Nine contributions touch on biographical aspects of Ohlin's life. His three children provide a discreet description of life at home—incidentally revealing the lifestyle of the upper/upper middle class in Sweden from the late 1930s until the late 1950s. Ohlin's ability to invent fairy tales for his youngest daughter—“starting with Lita, a small black girl … adding … a cartwheel boy called Simsalabim, from way above the clouds”—made the greatest impression on this reader. Imagination demonstrated in constructing models or in making up fairy tales often proves to be close. Other biographical glimpses have more direct http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Wiley

Findlay, Ronald; Jonung, Lars and Lundahl, Mats: Bertil Ohlin‐A Centennial Celebration (1899‐1999)

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics , Volume 105 (2) – Jun 1, 2003
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Findlay, Ronald; Jonung, Lars and Lundahl, Mats: Bertil Ohlin—A Centennial Celebration (1899–1999), MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2002, 546 pp. ISBN 0‐262‐06228‐3. The Swedish economist Bertil Ohlin (1899–1979) received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1977, mainly for his contributions to international economics. However, unlike most of the other leading Swedish economists of his generation, he never received an academic Festschrift . The editors intend this book to become one, posthumously collected and published. As such, it should be considered exceptionally interesting and successful. Most of the contributions have a clear relationship to Ohlin, and offer new insight of one kind or another. Nine contributions touch on biographical aspects of Ohlin's life. His three children provide a discreet description of life at home—incidentally revealing the lifestyle of the upper/upper middle class in Sweden from the late 1930s until the late 1950s. Ohlin's ability to invent fairy tales for his youngest daughter—“starting with Lita, a small black girl … adding … a cartwheel boy called Simsalabim, from way above the clouds”—made the greatest impression on this reader. Imagination demonstrated in constructing models or in making up fairy tales often proves to be close. Other biographical glimpses have more direct

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