Gunnar Myrdal
Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences 1974

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Gunnar Myrdal, born on December 6, 1898, in Skattungbyn, Sweden, was a renowned economist and sociologist. He passed away on May 17, 1987. Myrdal was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974 for his pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations, as well as for his penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social, and institutional phenomena.
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- Who is Gunnar Myrdal?
- Gunnar Myrdal, born on December 6, 1898, in Skattungbyn, Sweden, was a renowned economist and sociologist. He passed away on May 17, 1987. Myrdal was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974 for his pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations, as well as for his penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social, and institutional phenomena.
- In what year did Gunnar Myrdal win the Nobel Prize?
- 1974 — Economic Sciences