Gunnar Myrdal
* Born in Gustaf's parish, Sweden on December 6, 1898* Graduated from the Law School of Stockholm University in 1923 and began practicing law while continuing his studies at the University. * In 1927 he received his juris doctor degree in economics and was appointed docent in political economy. * He studied in Germany and Britain from 1925-1929 * In 1929 Myrdal took his first trip to the United States and stayed until 1930 as a Rockefeller Fellow. * While in the United States he published his first books including The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory. * He then returned to Europe and served for one year as Associate Professor in the Post Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. * In 1933 he was appointed to the Lars Hierta Chair of the Political Economy and the Public Finance at the University of Stockholm as successor of Gustav Cassel.
* He was a Chairman of the Board of the Latin American Institute in Stockholm. * The last prize he received among many others was the Malinowski Award by the Society of Applied Anthropology. * Myrdal received more than thirty honorary degrees including Harvard University his first in 1938 where he gave the Godkin Lectures that year. * From 1945-1947, Myrdal served as Sweden's minister of commerce; he left this position though to accept an appointment as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. * In 1961 Myrdal returned again to Sweden and was appointed Professor of International Economics at the Stockholm University. * He was a Chairman of the Board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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