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Gustav Johan Åkerman, 1888-1959.

 Swedish economist, Gustav Åkerman was the older brother of Johan Henryk Åkerman. 

A student of Knut Wicksell at Lund, Gustav Åkerman proposed in his 1923-4 dissertation to integrate fixed and durable capital into the circulating capital model of Wicksell - which he claimed would eliminate those troublesome "Wicksell Effects". His work prompted Wicksell to reconsider his own theory of capital, attempting a reformulation in a famous "Note on Dr. Åkerman" (1923).

Gustav Åkerman went on to teach at the University of Gothenburg (Göteborg), where he was professor of economics and sociology from 1931 (succeeding Gustav Steffen).  He continued his work on the theory of capital (1931), thereafter turning to history.

 

  

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Major Works of Gustav Åkerman

  • Real Kapital und Kaitalzins, 1923-4.
  • Om den industriella rationaliseringen och dess verkninga särskilt beträffande arbetarsysselsatningen, 1931
  • Mjölleregleringen, 1937.
  • Engelsk Arbetslöshet och Arbetslöshetspolitik, 1947.
 
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