Benny Carlson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3768476 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benny Carlson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benny |
| FAMILY NAME | Carlson |
| SIGNATURE | CARLSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1414-4094 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gunnar Myrdal
Gustav Cassel once declared that his production was so extensive and widespread that no one would be able to write his complete biography. Much the same could be said about his favourite student and successor as professor at Stockholm University, Gunnar Myrdal—1051 publications up to 1976 (Bohrn, 1976)—with the addition that this task is perhaps even harder in view of everything that has been written about Myrdal. Nonetheless, a Myrdal biography …
Cassel, Ohlin, Åkerman, and the Wall Street Crash of 1929
The 1929 stock market crash on Wall Street is one of the most spectacular economic events of all times. In Sweden, leading economists got involved in a lively debate on the events on Wall Street before, during, and after the crash. Three of them were particularly active. Gustav Cassel and Bertil Ohlin were not overly worried since they regarded the stock market mania and the panic as phenomena more or less disconnected from the rest of the econom…
Swedish Economists in the 1930s Debate on Economic Planning
Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus , by Stefanie Chambers
For about 2 decades, Somali refugees have caught the attention of policymakers, researchers, and the general public in America and Europe because of their visibility as African Muslims and their we
Scandinavians in the state house
“What a glorious new Scandinavia might not Minnesota become!” exclaimed Swedish writer Fredrika Bremer in connection with a journey through the United States in the 1850s. More than 160 years later
Robert Wuthnow's American Misfits and the Making of Middle-Class Respectability
What does it mean to be respectable?This broad question, set in the American middle-class context during the 19th century and up to the Great Depression, is what Robert Wuthnow, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, addresses in his book about "American Misfits."In order to illuminate the complexities and never-ending negotiations when drawing boundaries between "us," respectable insiders, and "them," less respectable outsiders, Wuthnow…
Ohlin on the Great Depression
Bertil Ohlin was a most active commentator on current economic events in the interwar period, combining his academic work with a journalistic output of an impressive scale. He published more than a thousand newspaper articles in the 1920s and 1930s, more than any other professor in economics in Sweden.Here we have collected 10 articles by Ohlin, translated from Swedish and originally published in Stockholms-Tidningen, to trace the evolution of hi…
Samhällsförändring på väg
Den egna vägen
In the Service of Community
This article aims to describe a diasporic Somali environment-the Ti-vinCities of Minnesota, USA-where Somalis have been fairly successful in the labor market and where they produce a broad range of i1~formation through media -Iv, radio , newspapers.It is suggested that ethnic media in the diaspora pe1/ormfour basic ji111ctions: they spread knowledge about the old count/)', the new counfl)', the immigrant group internally and the group externally.…
The IRI and Its Swedish Connection
Abshact: The story of the lntemational !11dustrial Relations Institute (!RI), its de facto leader Mary \/(I// Kleeck.from the U11ited States a11d it.f.first chairman Kerstin Hesselgren .from S111eden begim in 1925, 111hen the /RI was established at a congress for welfare and personnel 1vorkers i11 Holland. At .first the organization 111as focused on scien/ljlc management a11d industrial relations but duri11fi the Great Depression its activities b…
Social Engineering, 1899-1999
Eli Heckscher and natural monopoly
In Eli F. Heckscher's conception of the world, what he called “distributary systems” (ledningssystem) played a dangerously crucial role. He used this term to denote the means of transport, communications and power transmission, that is, in substance those activities which are commonly termed natural monopolies. Until the 1920s he believed that these monopolies could be held in check by potential competition and technological change. During the 19…
The Stockholm School of Economics Revisited
Other| September 01 1992 The Stockholm School of Economics Revisited Lars Jonung. Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 471 pp. $64.50 cloth. Benny Carlson Benny Carlson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1992) 24 (3): 755–758. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-24-3-755 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citat…
Gösta Bagge's American lessons
Gösta Bagge, then 21 years of age, took his fil.kand. (first degree) examination at Uppsala University in January 1904. He travelled to the United States in the autumn of the same year to undertake research studies in political economy, history and political science at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. That the choice fell on Johns Hopkins was due primarily to his having a sister who lived in the city.1
Lindahl, dynamics and death
Fifty years have passed since the Stockholm School of economic thought was carried to the font by Bertil Ohlin. As was fitting, the anniversary was celebrated with a conference in Stockholm to which prominent economists made pilgrimage from near and far. Even before this, an extra fine commemorative gift had been proffered in Lund, the very city from which such bitter criticism had once upon a time been directed at the Stockholm School, in the fo…
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Lindahl, dynamics and death
Fifty years have passed since the Stockholm School of economic thought was carried to the font by Bertil Ohlin. As was fitting, the anniversary was celebrated with a conference in Stockholm to which prominent economists made pilgrimage from near and far. Even before this, an extra fine commemorative gift had been proffered in Lund, the very city from which such bitter criticism had once upon a time been directed at the Stockholm School, in the fo…
Gösta Bagge's American lessons
Gösta Bagge, then 21 years of age, took his fil.kand. (first degree) examination at Uppsala University in January 1904. He travelled to the United States in the autumn of the same year to undertake research studies in political economy, history and political science at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. That the choice fell on Johns Hopkins was due primarily to his having a sister who lived in the city.1
Eli Heckscher and natural monopoly
In Eli F. Heckscher's conception of the world, what he called “distributary systems” (ledningssystem) played a dangerously crucial role. He used this term to denote the means of transport, communications and power transmission, that is, in substance those activities which are commonly termed natural monopolies. Until the 1920s he believed that these monopolies could be held in check by potential competition and technological change. During the 19…
The Stockholm School of Economics Revisited
Other| September 01 1992 The Stockholm School of Economics Revisited Lars Jonung. Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 471 pp. $64.50 cloth. Benny Carlson Benny Carlson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1992) 24 (3): 755–758. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-24-3-755 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citat…
Social Engineering, 1899-1999
The IRI and Its Swedish Connection
Abshact: The story of the lntemational !11dustrial Relations Institute (!RI), its de facto leader Mary \/(I// Kleeck.from the U11ited States a11d it.f.first chairman Kerstin Hesselgren .from S111eden begim in 1925, 111hen the /RI was established at a congress for welfare and personnel 1vorkers i11 Holland. At .first the organization 111as focused on scien/ljlc management a11d industrial relations but duri11fi the Great Depression its activities b…
Den egna vägen
In the Service of Community
This article aims to describe a diasporic Somali environment-the Ti-vinCities of Minnesota, USA-where Somalis have been fairly successful in the labor market and where they produce a broad range of i1~formation through media -Iv, radio , newspapers.It is suggested that ethnic media in the diaspora pe1/ormfour basic ji111ctions: they spread knowledge about the old count/)', the new counfl)', the immigrant group internally and the group externally.…
Samhällsförändring på väg
Ohlin on the Great Depression
Bertil Ohlin was a most active commentator on current economic events in the interwar period, combining his academic work with a journalistic output of an impressive scale. He published more than a thousand newspaper articles in the 1920s and 1930s, more than any other professor in economics in Sweden.Here we have collected 10 articles by Ohlin, translated from Swedish and originally published in Stockholms-Tidningen, to trace the evolution of hi…
Swedish Economists in the 1930s Debate on Economic Planning
Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus , by Stefanie Chambers
For about 2 decades, Somali refugees have caught the attention of policymakers, researchers, and the general public in America and Europe because of their visibility as African Muslims and their we
Scandinavians in the state house
“What a glorious new Scandinavia might not Minnesota become!” exclaimed Swedish writer Fredrika Bremer in connection with a journey through the United States in the 1850s. More than 160 years later
Robert Wuthnow's American Misfits and the Making of Middle-Class Respectability
What does it mean to be respectable?This broad question, set in the American middle-class context during the 19th century and up to the Great Depression, is what Robert Wuthnow, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, addresses in his book about "American Misfits."In order to illuminate the complexities and never-ending negotiations when drawing boundaries between "us," respectable insiders, and "them," less respectable outsiders, Wuthnow…
Cassel, Ohlin, Åkerman, and the Wall Street Crash of 1929
The 1929 stock market crash on Wall Street is one of the most spectacular economic events of all times. In Sweden, leading economists got involved in a lively debate on the events on Wall Street before, during, and after the crash. Three of them were particularly active. Gustav Cassel and Bertil Ohlin were not overly worried since they regarded the stock market mania and the panic as phenomena more or less disconnected from the rest of the econom…
Gunnar Myrdal
Gustav Cassel once declared that his production was so extensive and widespread that no one would be able to write his complete biography. Much the same could be said about his favourite student and successor as professor at Stockholm University, Gunnar Myrdal—1051 publications up to 1976 (Bohrn, 1976)—with the addition that this task is perhaps even harder in view of everything that has been written about Myrdal. Nonetheless, a Myrdal biography …
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