Beyond the Welfare State, he proposed the idea of the welfare world to overcome the limitations of the welfare state in the West. Myrdal's recommendations were not accepted by international technocrats or by developing countries. However, he also thought it a more difficult task to establish the welfare world than a welfare state. He pointed out the following limitations of the welfare state: Nationalism of already existing Western welfare states preventing development in underdeveloped countries. Other difficulties of development in the developing countries. Existence of the communist countries acting as a provocateur for more revolutionary transformations. Awards and honours Awards West German Peace Prize (1970; jointly with his wife Alva Myrdal) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1974) Bronislaw Malinowski Award (1975) Honorary degrees Harvard University (1938) Fisk University (1947) Nancy-Université (1950) Columbia University, Doctor of Humane Letters (1 June 1954) The New School for Social Research (1956) University of Leeds, Legume Doctor (1957) Yale University, Doctor of Laws (1959) University of Birmingham (1961) Brandeis University, Doctor of Laws (8 October 1961) Howard University, Legume Doctor (1962) Detroit (1963) University of Edinburgh (1964) Lincoln University (1964) Swarthmore College, Doctor of Laws (1964) Stockholm University, Doctor of Philosophy (31 May 1966) Sir George Williams University, Doctor of Laws (May 1967) University of Michigan, Doctor of Laws (1967) Lehigh University (1967) Temple University, Doctor of Civil Laws (1968) University of Louisville, Doctor of Social Science (November 1968) University of Oslo (1968) Uppsala University (1968) University of Jyväskylä (1969) Atlanta University (1970) University of Helsinki (1970) University of the Philippines (1970) Dartmouth College, Doctor of Science (1971) Gustavus Adolphus College, Doctor of Humane Letters (1971) Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (1970) University of Bucharest (1971) Heriot-Watt University, Doctor of Letters (July 1979) Visva-Bharati University (1982) Honours Fellow of the Econometric Society (1943) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1945) Honorary member of the American Economic Association (1947) Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1958) Member of the British Academy (1973) Member of the American Philosophical Society (1982) Publications The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory. (1930) Monetary Equilibrium (1931), translated to English in 1939 The Cost of Living in Sweden, 1830–1930 (1933) Crisis in the Population Question (1934) Fiscal Policy in the Business Cycle. The American Economic Review, vol 21, no 1, Mar 1939. Population, a Problem for Democracy. Harvard University Press, 1940. Contact With America