What is Assar Lindbeck?
'''Carl Assar Eugén Lindbeck''' (26 January 1930 – 28 August 2020) was a Swedish professor of [[economics]] at [[Stockholm University]] and at the [[Research Institute of Industrial Economics]] (IFN).<ref>{{cite web|title=Research Institute of Industrial Economics|publisher=Official website|url=http://www.ifn.se/eng|access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> Lindbeck was a member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Assar Lindbeck (in Swedish)|publisher=Official website|url=http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/contact/searchcontacts/detail.asp?PersonID=197|access-date=May 31, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023064318/http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/contact/searchcontacts/detail.asp?PersonID=197|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lindbeck's work focused in research on unemployment (e.g. the [[insider-outsider theory of employment]]), the welfare state (including the effect of changing social norms), and China's reformed economy. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Lindbeck_Assar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Lindbeck_Assar |title=Assar Lindbeck|publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Lindbeck died on 28 August 2020 in [[Stockholm]], aged 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/nationalekonomen-assar-lindbeck-har-dott/|title=Nationalekonomen Assar Lindbeck har dött|date=28 August 2020|website=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindbeck, Assar}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Swedish writers]] [[Category:Swedish economists]] [[Category:Swedish academics]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{bio-stub}}