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Gosta Rehn as an LO Economist

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  • Rudolf Meidner

    (The Swedish Center for Working Life)

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Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the post-war Swedish model is the Rehn-Meidner policy complex: macro-economic management, active labour market policy plus solidaristic wages bargaining. This innovative solution to the problem that would come to be associated with the Phillips curve tradeoff between unemployment and inflation was discovered in 1951 by the two LO' economists, Gosta Rehn and Rudolf Meidner. Gosta Rehn's seventy-fifth birthday provided the occasion for a reassessment of his contribution by leading Swedish scholars and policy practitioners. EID has been granted permission to publish a slightly modified translation of Rudolf Meidner's contribution to the festskrift. In the following pages Meidner weaves together historical material, based on documents produced during Rehn's years with LO, and contemporary issues in a spirited tribute to his former colleague and long-standing friend.

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  • Rudolf Meidner, 1988. "Gosta Rehn as an LO Economist," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 9(4), pages 455-474, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:9:y:1988:i:4:p:455-474
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X8894003
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