The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market Turn

by Avner Offer and Gabriel Soderberg

Book Overview

How the creation of the Nobel Prize in Economics changed the economics profession, Sweden, and the world

Our confidence in markets comes from economics, and our confidence in economics is underpinned by the Nobel Prize in Economics, which was first awarded in 1969. Was it a coincidence that the prize and the rise of free-market liberalism began at the same time? The Nobel Factor is the first book to describe the origins and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691196311
• ISBN13: 9780691196312
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"