Economic Development of Sweden since 1870

by Lars Jonung (Editor), Rolf Ohlsson (Editor)

Overview

From an international perspective the Swedish economy has some unique features and therefore affords a most interesting model for researchers in economic history. The country has experimented with numerous economic strategies including pre-Keynesian policies in the 1930s, active labour market policies and an extensive welfare system. This book covers the most important aspects of the Swedish economy: two brief sections concerning historiography and offering a general background to the subject are followed by a selection of articles on demography, migration, the labour market, agriculture, industrialization, transport, trade, industrial organization, finance and economic policy. The volume brings together a unique and comprehensive collection of the most significant studies on the development of the Swedish economy since 1870. Several of the contributions appear for the first time in English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852787523
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	01/28/1997
Series:	Economic Development of Modern Europe SI
Pages:	832
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Lars Jonung, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics and Rolf Ohlsson, Professor of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction Part I: Historiography Part II: General Part III: Demography Part IV: Migration Part V: Labour Market Part VI: Agriculture Part VII: Industrialization Part VIII: Transportation Part IX: Trade Part X: Industrial Organization Part XI: Money and Banking Part XII: Economic Policy Index

Editorial Reviews

During the 1870 to 1970 period, Sweden experimented with a number of social policy measures, including far-reaching egalitarian policies and an extensive welfare system, yet they still enjoyed one of the most rapid growth rates in the world economy. These policy experiments in large part marked the beginnings of the academic field of economic history, nurtured most carefully by Eli F. Heckscher. This collection of reprinted articles by various authors reflects upon Sweden's economic maturity from a poor preindustrial nation to a wealthy European model economy. The development of Sweden's banking system plays prominently in the discussion, as does the importance of exports and transportion lines to this geographically small country with a long coastline. But perhaps the most attention goes to how the Swedish economy thrived while steadfastly emphasizing their public welfare system. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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