Walter Krämer (born 21 November 1948) is a German
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
. He is a professor for
economic
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and
social statistics
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at the
Technical University of Dortmund
TU Dortmund University (german: Technische Universität Dortmund) is a technical university in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with over 35,000 students, and over 6,000 staff including 300 professors, offering around 80 Bachelor's an ...
.
Biography
Krämer studied
mathematics
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and
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
at the
University of Mainz
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stu ...
where he was conferred 1979 a doctorate. He qualified as a university lecturer in
econometrics
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at the
Vienna University of Technology
TU Wien (TUW; german: Technische Universität Wien; still known in English as the Vienna University of Technology from 1975–2014) is one of the major universities in Vienna, Austria. The university finds high international and domestic recogn ...
. He has been a professor of economic and social statistics at the Technical University of Dortmund since 1988. In addition, he was active as a guest professor at the Management Institute of
Fudan University
Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...
in Shanghai.
In 1997 he founded Verein Deutsche Sprache (German Language Association), where he has shown particular commitment as the chairman against the use of
Denglish
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. Krämer is also a spokesman of the foundation executive board of the Stiftung Deutsche Sprache (German Speaking Foundation). Since 1996 ''Lexikon der populären Irrtümer'' (Dictionary of Popular Mistakes) has been published, triggering a wave of publications of similar mistake dictionaries.
Krämer is a member of Gesellschaft der Freunde der Hebräischen Universität Jerusalem (Society of Friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem), the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, and the Schweizer Orthographische Konferenz (Swiss Orthographical Conference).
He has been editor of the
German Economic Review
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since 1 January 2008.
Since 2008 Krämer has been a member of the
.
He is in addition a member of the
(Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parasciences).
Krämer publishes ''Unstatistik des Monats'' together with the psychologist
Gerd Gigerenzer
Gerd Gigerenzer (born 3 September 1947) is a German psychologist who has studied the use of bounded rationality and heuristics in decision making. Gigerenzer is director emeritus of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) at the Max P ...
and the economist
Thomas K. Bauer on the web site of
RWI Essen
The RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen (RWI Essen) is an independent economic research institute and think tank in Essen, Germany. Founded in 1926, the RWI maintains a non-profit status, mainly funded through public means ...
.
Krämer initiated a call for the euro crisis in 2012 which was signed by more than 270 college lecturers.
The professors, under
Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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chief
Hans-Werner Sinn
Hans-Werner Sinn (born 7 March 1948) is a German economist who served as President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research from 1999 to 2016. He currently serves on the German economy ministry’s advisory council. He is Professor Emeritus ...
, critiqued the euro rescue politics to the federal government. They demanded instead of tax financed bank rescue, the creditors are liable for the debts.
Political affiliations
Krämer has been a member of the
Free Democratic Party since 1969. He was also a member of the
Social Democratic Party of Germany
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Saskia Esken has been the ...
from 1974 to 1982.
Plagiarism
After a reproach by ''
Die Tageszeitung
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'' accusing
plagiarism
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in ''Lexikon der Städtebeschimpfungen'' (Dictionary of City Insults) published in 2002, the publishing house compensated afterwards 30 authors of the presentation places for the passages taken without identification and also reached an agreement with the hurt publishing houses
Reclam
Reclam Verlag is a German publishing house, established in Leipzig in 1828 by Anton Philipp Reclam (1807–1896).[Hoffmann und Campe
Hoffmann is a German surname.
People A
* Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist
* Alexander Hoffmann (born 1975), German politician
*Arthur Hoffmann (politician) (1857–1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Coun ...]
, and
Suhrkamp Verlag
Suhrkamp Verlag is a German publishing house, established in 1950 and generally acknowledged as one of the leading European publishers of fine literature. Its roots go back to the "arianized" part of the S. Fischer Verlag.
In January 2010 the ...
. ''Die Tageszeitung'' also got a fee according to information of its own plus Verletzerzuschlag.
Personal life
Walter Krämer is married and has two children.
Awards
* 1999: Deutscher Sprachpreis (German language prize)
* 2013: Medaille der Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik für Verdienste um die Statistik in Deutschland (Medallion of the German team statistics for contributions to the statistics in Germany)
References
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1948 births
Living people
German economists
German skeptics