Adolf Weber (29 December 1876 – 5 January 1963) was a German

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

Life

Adolf Weber was born at

Mechernich Mechernich (, ksh, Meischernisch) is a town in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the "Naturpark Nordeifel" in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Euskirchen a ...

in the

Rhine Province The Rhine Province (german: Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia () or synonymous with the Rhineland (), was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822 to 1946. It ...

near

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

. He was professor at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

, the University of Breslau, the University of Frankfurt and the University of Munich. Weber was a friend of

Ludwig von Mises Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and Sociology, sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberali ...

, and broadly associated with the

Austrian School The Austrian School is a heterodox school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result exclusively from the motivations and actions of individuals. Austrian school ...

. He criticised the economic policy of Reichsbank president Hjalmar Schacht in an article 'Is Schacht right?'

Works

* ''Depositenbanken und Spekulationsbanken : ein Vergleich deutschen und englischen Bankwesens'', 1902. * ''Der Kampf zwischen Kapital und Arbeit; Gewerkschaften und Arbeitgeberverbände in Deutschland'', 1920 * ''Allgemeine Volkswirtschaftslehre: eine Einführung'', 1928. * ''In defence of capitalism'', 1930. Translated by

H. J. Stenning Henry James Stenning (1889–1971), known in print as H. J. Stenning and also known as Harry Stenning, was an English socialist and translator. Life Born in Westminster, Stenning left school aged thirteen and a half.

from the

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'' Ende des Kapitalismus''. * ''Geld, Banken, Börsen'', 1939. * ''Deutsches wirtschaftsleben'', 1941 * ''Kurzgefasste Volkswirtschaftspolitik'', 1942. * ''Weltwirtschaft'', 1947. * ''Marktwirtschaft und Sowjetwirtschaft; ein Vergleich'', 1949. * ''Sowjetwirtschaft und Weltwirtschaft'', 1959

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Adolf 1876 births 1963 deaths People from Mechernich People from the Rhine Province Austrian School economists German economists