The test of theory is whether it helps us build a better wor... - Gunnar Myrdal

"The test of theory is whether it helps us build a better world."

Gunnar Myrdal Science

Economist Sociologist Swedish 1898–1987

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"The basis of all human cooperation is the willingness to see the other person as fundamentally like oneself."

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"The American Dilemma is the ever-raging conflict between the American ideals and American practices."

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