Chapter 1. Why Gunnar Myrdal? -- Chapter 2. Childhood, Study Years, Roots, and the Early Years with Alva -- Chapter 3. The Value Premises of Social Scientists Must Be Clarified -- Chapter 4. The Macroeconomic Revolution in Theory and Practice -- Chapter 5. The Emergence of the Welfare State...

Der Wechsel in eine andere berufliche Fachwelt stellt Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer vor neue Aufgaben und Herausforderungen. Welche individuellen Voraussetzungen müssen erfüllt und welche institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen sollten gegeben sein, damit ein erfolgreiches berufliches...

"Alva and Gunnar Myrdal are the only couple ever awarded Nobel prizes as individuals: Gunnar won the prize in Economics in 1974, and Alva won the Peace Prize in 1982. This dual biography examines their work as architects of the modern welfare state and probes the connections between the public...

Contents: 1. Introduction to how to conduct an effective peer review -- 2. What is a high-quality review? -- 3. WIIFM - what's in it (peer reviewing) for me? -- 4. Expectations of high-quality reviewers: the 5 Rs -- 5. Getting started and a reviewing template -- 6. Reviewing the introduction --...

This article investigates the expansion of the scope of economics in the 1960s. We show that the public policy problems raised by the issue of poverty reinforced the expansion, as economists became progressively involved in the social issues of the day. Until the early 1960s, poverty was a...