The economist for whom the world was not prepared
He advocated family planning and contraceptives already four decades before Elise Ottesen-Jensen. He was in a common-law marriage, was interested in social problems, and supported the women’s suffrage movement – and today his theories control the design of monetary policy in the West. Knut Wicksell, pioneering Professor of Economics in Lund 1901–1916, was a man ahead of his time. Knut Wicksell wit
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/economist-whom-world-was-not-prepared - 2025-12-21
