Knut Wicksell

1851–1926

Nationality: Swedish

Historical Period: The 19th Century

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.”]

• Author: “The Influence of the Rate of Interest on Prices”
• Author: Vorlesungen über Nationalökonomie auf Grundlage des Marginalprinzipes
• Author: Vorlesungen über Nationalökonomie auf Grundlage des Marginalprinzipes. Vol. 1
• Author: Vorlesungen über Nationalökonomie auf Grundlage des Marginalprinzipes. Vol. 2