National Wealth, Income and the History of Economic Growth - Finland From the Late 19th Century Until the Second World War

Despite its current dominant status, economic growth emerged as a field of study and as a political objective only after the Second World War. This book provides an alternative perspective to the Anglo-centric historical analysis of growth by turning the focus on Finland and other Nordic countries from the late 19th Century until WWII.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. National Wealth of a Grand Duchy
3. Republic-building in a Fractured Order
4. From a Crisis to the Wealthy 1930s
5. Conclusions

About the author

Heikki Mikkonen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki and a researcher at the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. He holds a PhD in History from Tampere University. His current research projects explore invocation and contestation of expert knowledge in political discourses and aim at a comprehensive mapping of scientific life in the republic of Finland since 1918.

Product details

• Authors: Heikki Mikkonen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032792446
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279244-6
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Economic history, International Economics, Political Economy, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries