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Gunnar Myrdal

nobel prize for economics


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Gunnar Myrdal
Full Name
of the recipient
Gunnar Myrdal
AwardSveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Year of Award1974
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withFriedrich August von Hayek (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award
for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena
Place of BirthSkattungbyn, Sweden SWE
Date of Birth6 December 1898
Age
at the time of Award
75 years
Place of DeathStockholm, Sweden SWE
Date of Death17 May 1987
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