Kurt Wilhelm Rothschild (October 21, 1914-November 15, 2010) was a well known Austrian born economist. He lectured at the

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(1938–1947), worked as a researcher at the Austrian Economic Research Institute (1947–1966) and was one founding fathers of the

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, working there from 1966 until 1985. His work in economics was wide ranging running from contributions to microeconomic and macroeconomic theory and history of economic thought to questions of both

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and economic policy. Throughout his career, he advocated pluralism in economics and took a critical approach to what came to be termed neoliberalism and he has been described as a Heterodox or as a Keynesian economist.
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Selected publications

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External links

Digitized literary estate of Kurt W. Rothschild
- correspondences, works and personal documents
Kurt W. Rothschild
from the online archive of the Österreichischen Mediathek
Life and work of Kurt W. Rothschild
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rothschild, Kurt W. 1914 births 2010 deaths Austrian economists University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of Johannes Kepler University Linz Austrian expatriates in the United Kingdom