Gheorghe Zane (April 11, 1897 – May 22, 1978) was a

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n economist and historian. Born in

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, he attended Vasile Alecsandri National College before enrolling in the law faculty of the

University of Iași The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mih ...

. He graduated from that institution in 1920, earning a doctorate from the

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in 1923. His first teaching job, from 1921 to 1924, was at the agriculture faculty in

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, where his courses dealt with

political economy Political economy is the study of how Macroeconomics, economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and Economy, national economies) and Politics, political systems (e.g. law, Institution, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied ph ...

.Gheorghe Zane
at the Galați V. A. Urechia Library site Securing a post as associate professor in the same subject at the Iași law faculty in 1924, he advanced to full professor in 1929, teaching the history of economic doctrines. The following year, he switched to teaching political economy and finance, continuing to do so until 1945. From 1945 to 1948, he taught political economy and rationalization at the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute. Subsequently, after the onset of the

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, he worked at

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's Economic Research Institute. He became a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1965 and was promoted to titular member in 1974."Gheorghe Zane"
at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University site He died in Bucharest. The author of a copious body of work, he is considered to have introduced to Romania the systematic study of the history of economic concepts. In addition, he researched political economy,

economic history Economic history is the academic learning of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and ins ...

and

public finance Public finance is the study of the role of the government in the economy. It is the branch of economics that assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of one or the other to achie ...

, and edited the complete works of

Nicolae Bălcescu Nicolae Bălcescu () (29 June 181929 November 1852) was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution. Early life Born in Bucharest to a family of low-ranking nobility, he used his mother's ...

. An institute of the Romanian Academy dedicated to economic and social science research, located in Iași, is named after Zane.

Gheorghe Zane University The Gheorghe Zane University was a private university in Iaşi, Romania. Founded in 1996, it was named in honor of the Romanian economist Gheorghe Zane. In September 2013, Gheorghe Zane University was absorbed into Petre Andrei University of Ia ...

, a private institution, functioned in the same city between 1996 and 2013. Alexandra Ștefănescu
"UPA din Iași a absorbit Universitatea 'Gheorghe Zane'"
''Cronica de Iași'', September 11, 2013; accessed June 22, 2014

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zane, Gheorghe 1897 births 1978 deaths People from Galați Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni University of Bucharest alumni Academic staff of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Academic staff of the Politehnica University of Bucharest Romanian economists Economic historians Titular members of the Romanian Academy