In the 1950s, economics was a small academic subject in Norway. Today, it provides strong guidelines both for politics and for  the way we view ourselves as a community. NHH professor Agnar Sandmo was one of the most important economists to this development. In order to mark his long contribution to the field, the Department of Economics organises this Book Launch of Agnar Sandmo.

In his book, Sandmo looks back at the history of Economics and the academic community through a period that was not only characterized by economic growth, but also by the rise of economics as an academic discipline.