This book examines Gunnar Myrdal’s analysis of poverty in relation to Sweden, the United States, South Asia, and the international economy. The challenge of world poverty, the international dimension of poverty, and the legacy of The American Dilemma and Asian Drama are also discussed.
Mats Lundahl is Professor emeritus of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, where he held his chair between 1987 and 2013.
Chapter 1: The Man and His Work.- Chapter 2: Dynamics, Value Premises and Social Engineering.- Chapter 3: Social Engineering in Practice: The Population Issue.- Chapter 4: An American Dilemma.-Chapter 5: The International Dimension of Poverty.- Chapter 6: The Culminating Effort: Asian Drama.- Chapter 7: The Reaction to Asian Drama I: The West.- Chapter 8: The Reaction to Asian Drama II: Radical and Asian Views.- Chapter 9: After Asian Drama.