Eugen Altschul

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Eugen Altschul (born March 31, 1887 in Libau , Russian Empire ; died April 26, 1959 in Kansas City (Missouri) , USA) was an American economist.

Life

Eugen Altschul was born in Libau in 1887. In 1903 he passed his matriculation examination there at the "Klassischen Gymnasium". From 1904 the old school living in Germany studied physics, philosophy, economics and history at the universities of Freiburg im Breisgau , Leipzig and Strasbourg . In 1912 he received his doctorate in Freiburg with Gerhart von Schulze-Gaevernitz with the dissertation " The logical structure of historical materialism " and then worked in the private sector. In 1920 he became stateless with the establishment of Latvia . From 1927 he was the scientific director of the "Frankfurt Society for Economic Research" and had a teaching position at the University of Frankfurt am Main . An important discussion partner for him about problems of business cycle theory and empirical business cycle research was Erich Preiser , a student of Franz Oppenheimer . At the same time he was in scientific exchange with Hans Peter , at that time in Nuremberg. In 1929 Altschul completed his habilitation in economics in Frankfurt and has been a private lecturer there ever since.

As a Jew , his Venia legendi was revoked in 1933, he emigrated first to London, then in December 1933 to the USA, where he received US citizenship in 1939. There he worked in the Research Staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research until 1939 , as well as a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota until 1942 , then from 1943 to 1945 as an employee of various government economic offices. Since 1946 he was a professor at the University of Kansas , where he was retired in 1952.

Altschul was internationally recognized as an economic researcher. He had a son (born 1909) and a daughter (born 1919).

Fonts (selection)

  • Business theory and business statistics. In: Archives for Social Science and Social Policy 55/1926
  • Business cycle research and business cycle theories, Duncker & Humblot, Munich, Leipzig 1928, unchanged. Reprinted by Topos-Verlag, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 1993, ISBN 3-289-00626-3
  • The mathematics in economic dynamics. In: Archives for Social Science and Social Policy 63/1930
  • Editor of the " Publications of the Frankfurt Society for Economic Research "

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personal data
SURNAME Altschul, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Libau , Latvia
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1959
Place of death Kansas City, Missouri , USA