Lujo Brentano (; ; 18 December 1844 – 9 September 1931) was an eminent

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and social reformer.

Biography

Lujo Brentano, born in Aschaffenburg into a distinguished German Catholic intellectual family (originally of Italian

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), attended

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and Aschaffenburg. He studied in

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(doctorate in law),

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(doctorate in economics), and Berlin (

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in economics, 1871). He was a professor of

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and state sciences at the

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of Breslau,

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, and most importantly, Munich (1891–1914). With

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, the statistician, he made an investigation of the

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s. In 1872, he became involved in an extended dispute with

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and

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. In 1914, he signed the

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. After the revolution of November 1918, he served in minister-president Kurt Eisner's government of the People's State of Bavaria as People's Commissar (Minister) for Trade, but only for some days in December 1918. Brentano died in Munich in 1931, aged 86.

Legacy

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, can hardly be overrated. He also influenced later economists, such as his doctoral student

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. Note: It is often mistakenly claimed that Brentano was called Ludwig Joseph, and that "Lujo" was a kind of nickname or contraction. This is incorrect; while he was given his name after a Ludwig and a

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, Lujo was his real and legal

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. (See his autobiography, ''Mein Leben...'', below, p. 18.)

Bibliography

* Brentano, Lujo (1871–72). ''Die Arbeitergilden der Gegenwart.'' 2 vols., Leipzig: Duncker und Humblot. (English: ''On the History and Development of Gilds and the Origins of Trade Unions.'' 1870.) * Brentano, Lujo (1901). ''Ethik und Volkswirtschaft in der Geschichte. November 1901.'' München: Wolf. * Brentano, Lujo (1910). "The Doctrine of Malthus and the Increase of Population During the Last Decades." ''Economic Journal'' vol. 20(79), pp. 371–93. * Brentano, Lujo (1923). ''Der wirtschaftende Mensch in der Geschichte.'' Leipzig: Meiner. Reprint Marburg: Metropolis, 200ß. * Brentano, Lujo (1924).
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'' Berlin, Philo Verlag und Buchhandlung * Brentano, Lujo (1927–29). ''Eine Geschichte der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Englands.'' 4 vols., Jena: Gustav Fischer. * Brentano, Lujo (1929). ''Das Wirtschaftsleben der antiken Welt.'' Jena: Fischer. * Brentano, Lujo (1931). ''Mein Leben im Kampf um die soziale Entwicklung Deutschlands.'' Jena: Diederichs. Reprint Marburg: Metropolis, 2004. * Brentano, Lujo (1924). ''Konkrete Bedingungen der Volkswirtschaft.'' Leipzig: Meiner. 1924. Reprint Marburg: Metropols, 2003. * Brentano, Lujo (1877–1924). ''Der tätige Mensch und die Wissenschaft von der Wirtschaft.'' Reprint Marburg: Metropolis, 2006. * Essays, including "The Industrialist". Rudolf Steiner, ''Education as a Force for Social Change'', Anthroposophic Press, 1997, Lecture 1 (Dornach / August 9, 1919): "I recently mentioned the example of the famous professor Lujo Brentano, a leading modern economist in Middle Europe who recently wrote an article entitled “The Industrialist.” In it he develops three characteristics of an industrialist."

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