Friedrich A. Lutz
Friedrich August Lutz (born December 29, 1901 in Saarburg , Alsace-Lorraine , † October 4, 1975 in Zurich ) was a German economist .
Life
The son of a brewery owner studied political economy at the universities of Heidelberg and Berlin . In 1925 he received his doctorate under Walter Eucken in Tübingen , and in 1932 he received his habilitation under Eucken in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1937 he married Vera Constance Smith , an economist from Great Britain, with whom he emigrated to the United States in 1938. From 1938 to 1947 he was an associate professor at Princeton University from 1947 to 1952 . From 1953 to 1972 Lutz was professor for theoretical social economy and the history of social economy at the University of Zurich .
Lutz belonged to the Freiburg School of Economics founded by his teacher Eucken , which turned away from the historical method and turned to the theoretical foundations of the market economy system . His main publications were interest rate , monetary and currency theory as well as regulatory and competition policy .
In 1947 he was a co-founder of the Mont Pelerin Society , which he presided over from 1965 to 1967. From 1948 to 1975 he was co-editor of Ordo magazine . He was a co-founder in 1954 and a board member of the Walter Eucken Institute from 1954 to 1975 . In the second half of the 1950s he was an advisor to the Bank for International Settlements . From 1965 to 1975 he headed the Swiss Institute for Foreign Research , during the same period he was a member of the scientific advisory board at the German Federal Ministry of Economics .
Fonts (selection)
- The recent struggle for the concept of capital. Göbel, Tübingen 1927 (dissertation).
- The business cycle problem in the national economy. Fischer, Jena 1932 (habilitation thesis).
- Basic problem of the monetary constitution. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1936.
- Corporate cash balances 1914–43. Manufacturing and trade. National Bureau of Economic Research, New York 1945.
- with Vera C. Lutz : The theory of investment of the firm. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1951.
- Money and currency. Collected Treatises. Mohr, Tübingen 1962 (with bibliography).
- Political Beliefs and Economic Theory. Zurich lectures. Mohr, Tübingen 1971 (with bibliography).
literature
- Franz Ritzmann : Professor Dr. Friedrich A. Lutz. In: University of Zurich: Annual Report 1975/76. Pp. 79-81 ( digitized version ).
- Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (Eds.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933–1945. Volume 2.2. Saur, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 758.
- Christof Rühl: Lutz, Friedrich August. In: Harald Hagemann , Claus-Dieter Krohn (ed.): Biographical handbook of German-speaking economic emigration after 1933. Volume 2: Leichter branch. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11284-X , pp. 400-404.
- Stephanie Summermatter: Lutz, Friedrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 31, 2007 .
- Viktor Vanberg (ed.): Currency order and inflation. In memory of Friedrich A. Lutz (1901–1975) (= contributions to the theory of order and policy. Vol. 169). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2003, ISBN 3-16-148136-4 .
- Verena Veit-Bachmann: Lutz, Friedrich August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , pp. 565-567 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich A. Lutz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Viktor Vanberg (ed.): Currency order and inflation. In memory of Friedrich A. Lutz (1901–1975). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2003, p. 44 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lutz, Friedrich A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lutz, Friedrich August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarburg , Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th October 1975 |
| Place of death | Zurich , Canton of Zurich , Switzerland |