Unnecessary radicalism: the limits of economic ideas in political thinking

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Table A1. Actors mentioned in the empirical study.

Gunnar Sträng	Finance minister 1955–1976; Social Democrat.
Gunnar Myrdal	Professor of economics at Stockholm University (founder of Institute of International Economy, IIES); Minister for trade; Social Democrat.
Göran Ohlin	Professor of economics at Uppsala University (positions also at Stanford, Yale and IIES); several international assignments, amongst other deputy general secretary to the UN.
Lars Matthiessen	Professor of economics at University of South Denmark (positions at Stockholm School of Economics and The National Institute of Economic Research, Konjunkturinstitutet); member of Danish Economic Council.
Erik Lundberg	Professor of economics at Stockholm University; first head of The National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet) from 1944.
Erik Dahmén	Professor of economics at Stockholm School of Economics; scientific advisor to Stockholms Enskilda Bank; founder of the Center for Business and Policy Studies (Studieförbundet Samhälleoch Näringsliv).
Assar Lindbeck	Professor of economics at and chair of IIES; Social Democrat until the 1980s; economic advisor to Prime minister Olof Palme until 1976; founder of Swedish Economics Association's publication Ekonomisk Debatt.
Gunnar Eliasson	PhD in economics; professor of industrial economy at Royal Institute of Technology; researcher and head of The Industrial Institute for Social and Economic Research (Industriensutredningsinstitut).
Clas-Erik Odhner	Head of research at Swedish blue-collar trade union Landsorganisationen (LO).
GöstaDahlström	Resercher at the Swedish blue-collar trade union Landsorganisationen (LO).
Ragnar Bentzel	Professor of economics at Stockholm School of Economics and Uppsala University; head of The Industrial Institute for Social and Economic Research (Industriensutredningsinstitut).
Sven Grassman	PhD in economics; deputy chair of IIES; Social Democrat from the 1980s.
Lars Wohlin	PhD in economics; researcher at The Industrial Institute for Social and Economic Research (Industriensutredningsinstitut); secretary of state to Minister of finance Gösta Bohman; governor of the Bank of Sweden (Riksbanken); member of the Liberal party (Folkpartiet).