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An illustrated story of the market economy

NEW BOOK

Why do we obsess about money? Are products made to break? Why do we work so hard? How do we help the poor? Why do humans create markets everywhere they go? A fact-filled, research-based, graphic non-fiction by Ph.D Andreas Bergh. Illustrated by Ola Skogäng, one of Sweden's best-selling comic book artists.

New publications

Explorations in Economic History

Wealth and History: A Reappraisal

This article analyzes new evidence on long-run trends in aggregate wealth accumulation and wealth inequality in Western countries. The new findings suggest that wealth-income ratios were lower before…
Journal Article



Researchers from IFN releases the annual SNS Economic Policy Council report

Productivity in Sweden, measured as GDP per hour worked, has in recent decades been among the highest in the world. The fact that Swedish wealth measured as GDP per capita is still not among the highest in the world, according to the SNS Economic Policy Council 2024, is due to fewer hours worked.

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Browse through the current research at IFN in our Working Paper series

Discover the latest economic insights with our Working Paper series at the institute. Learn more about our new theoretical and empirical analysis and results before they are published in academic journals.

Recent Working Papers

News

15 July 2024

Sustainable Finance in an Age of Geopolitical and Economic Instability

Professor Lars Oxelheim, affiliated researcher at IFN, organized a concluding special plenary session on June 29 at the European Financial Management Association's (EFMA) 33rd Annual Conference in Lisbon on the theme of Sustainable Finance in an Age of Geopolitical and Economic Instability. The session attracted great interest at this prestigious conference, which brought together over 500 researchers from all over the world.