Hans Apel (economist)

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Hans Apel , née Hans Appelbaum (born August 23, 1895 in Konitz in West Prussia ; died 1989 in Vienna ) was a German-American economist .

Career

Hans Apel was the son of Jewish parents. He was the younger brother of the musicologist Willi Apel .

Apel studied at the University of Berlin and in 1925 became managing director of a Berlin company. In 1935 he emigrated and after stays in the Netherlands and Great Britain came to the USA in 1937 . He initially completed a graduate degree at Boston University. In 1945 he received his doctorate in Boston with the dissertation Outline of a Dynamic Theory of Income and then appointed Assistant Professor. 1948–1949 he was an associate professor at Middlebury College. From 1950 until his retirement in 1961 he was full professor and chairman of the economics faculty at Bridgeport University in Connecticut, USA . Then he returned to Germany.

Apel's academic interest had included marginal costs and the effects of voluntary and state restrictions on wage policy. Since the 1960s he became increasingly interested in the economic systems of socialist countries and their political and social situation. For this purpose he traveled to the countries concerned. Most recently, he also paid a visit to the Soviet Union .

Fonts (selection)

  • Without a companion - 287 conversations beyond the zone border , 1965.
  • The labor pains and miracles of the zoning economy , 1966.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Apel, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Appelbaum, Hans (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Konitz , West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH 1989
Place of death Vienna