Jacob van Gelderen (10 March 1891,

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– 14 May 1940,

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) was a Dutch

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. Alongside Salomon de Wolff, he proposed the existence of 50- to 60-year long economic super cycles, now known as

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s. Van Gelderen became a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1927, he resigned in 1936.

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External links

Biography (Dutch) at www.iisg.nl
1891 births 1940 deaths Dutch economists Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Writers from Amsterdam {{EU-economist-stub