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Knut Wicksell

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Knut Wicksell, Swedish economist, was one of the founders of modern macroeconomics. His work focused on real and nominal interest rates, the marginal productivity of capital, and determinants of the price level. He elaborated on ideas from economists as broad-based as Jevons, Böhm-Bawerk, and Clark, and influenced economists from Irving Fisher to John Maynard Keynes to James Buchanan. [The image comes from “The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University.”]

Lectures on Political Economy, Volume I: General Theory

Capital and Interest TheoryValue and Exchange

01/01/1934Books
The second volume of Wicksell's most compelling series: lectures delivered over the course of an entire career, covering both general and specific economics problems.
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Lectures on Political Economy, Volume II: Money

Capital and Interest TheoryValue and Exchange

01/02/1935Books
This might be Wicksell's most compelling book: lectures delivered over the course of an entire career, covering both general and specific economics problems.
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Interest and Prices

Capital and Interest Theory

06/15/1898Books
It was this work by Swedish economist Wicksell that drew Mises's attention to the effects of interest rate manipulation on the capital structure.
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All Works

Value, Capital, and Rent

Capital and Interest TheoryProduction Theory

04/04/1954Books
In 1893, this important book filled a gap in the history of economic ideas.
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Lectures on Political Economy, Volume II: Money

Capital and Interest TheoryValue and Exchange

01/02/1935Books
This might be Wicksell's most compelling book: lectures delivered over the course of an entire career, covering both general and specific economics problems.
Read More

Lectures on Political Economy, Volume I: General Theory

Capital and Interest TheoryValue and Exchange

01/01/1934Books
The second volume of Wicksell's most compelling series: lectures delivered over the course of an entire career, covering both general and specific economics problems.
Read More

Interest and Prices

Capital and Interest Theory

06/15/1898Books
It was this work by Swedish economist Wicksell that drew Mises's attention to the effects of interest rate manipulation on the capital structure.
Read More