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Ernst Wigforss

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In 1919 Wigforss was elected as a Social Democratic member of the First Chamber of the Swedish Parliament, representing Gothenburg, and he became a member of various committees. He was appointed a member of the third cabinet of
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writes that it "would be more fair to say 'The Swedish Economic Revolution' than the 'Keynesian revolution' in economics, and that Wigforss was first in this transformation of thinking and practice about economy".
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After his resignation, Wigforss continued until his death to write and speak on political issues and was considered one of the most innovative and daring Social Democratic politicians. He supported the
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and Swedish Minister of Finance. Wigforss became one of the main theoreticians in the development of the Swedish Social Democratic movement's
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fell ill, and succeeded him on 8 May of the same year, following his death. The Sandler cabinet resigned on 7 June 1926.
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movement of the 1950s and contributed to the discontinuation of the Swedish nuclear arms programme in 1962.
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A Swedish Road to Socialism, Ernst Wigforss and the Ideological Foundations of Swedish Social Democracy
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The Political Theory of Swedish Social Democracy: Through the Welfare State to Socialism
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The Political Theory of Swedish Social Democracy: Through the Welfare State to Socialism
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from 1899, and published writings on political issues in this period. He completed a
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Politics Against Pessimism: Social Democratic Possibilities since Ernst Wigforss
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organization. He was inspired and stood ideologically close to the ideas of the
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in 1924, and after Branting's resignation in January 1925, became a member of
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Some say that Wigforss' economic policies were strongly influenced by
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in 1913 with a dissertation on the dialect of south Halland, becoming
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The Swedish Social Democrats: Their Ideological Development
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who hold primary responsibility for this political fiasco.
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Four Days that shook Sweden - The Midsummer Crisis 1941
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Managing the Welfare State: Lessons from Gustav Möller
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He was again Minister of Finance in the cabinets of
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Minister of Finance
Per Albin Hansson
Tage Erlander
Felix Hamrin
Rickard Sandler
Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson
Carl Gustaf Ekman
Halmstad
Sweden
Båstad
Social Democratic
Docent
Swedish
linguist
Social Democratic Workers' Party
revision
Marxism
reformist
Fabian Society
guild socialism
R. H. Tawney
L.T. Hobhouse
J. A. Hobson
industrial democracy

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