Heinz D. Kurz
Heinz D. Kurz (born March 29, 1946 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm ) is a German and Austrian economist .
Life and research
Kurz graduated from the University of Munich in 1969 with a degree in economics and received his doctorate from the University of Kiel . From 1977 to 1978 he was a visiting fellow at Wolfson College , University of Cambridge , UK. From 1979 to 1988 professor at the University of Bremen , then at the University of Graz . 1990–91 Kurz was Theodor Heuss Professor at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research , New York . He held numerous visiting professorships, including in Rome , Pisa , Paris , Nice , Cambridge, Leicester , Mexico City , New York, and Brasília .
The main research areas are in economic theory : production, growth, income distribution , technical change, natural resources. In addition, he deals with the history of theory in economics and works as general editor of the unpublished works of Piero Sraffa .
He has been editor of Metroeconomica magazine since 1998 . From 2006 to 2008 he was President of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET).
Awards
- 2018: Kurt Rothschild Prize (main prize)
- 2019: Honorary doctorate from the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics ( Bergische Universität Wuppertal )
Selected Works
- with Neri Salvadori as co-editor: The Elgar Companion to David Ricardo . Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England 2015, ISBN 978-1-84844-850-6 .
- History of economic thought , Beck, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-6555-3-1 .
- with Richard Sturn : The greatest economists. Adam Smith . UTB, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8252-3793-6 .
- with Richard Sturn: Schumpeter for everyone. From the restlessness of capitalism . Frankfurter Allgemeine Buchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-89981-260-2 .
- as editor: Classics of Economic Thought. Volume 1, Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57357-6 and Volume 2, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-57372-9 .
- as co-editor: David Ricardo : On the principles of political economy and taxation. Metropolis Publishing House, 2006, ISBN 3-89518-540-X .
- with Neri Salvadori : Theory of Production: A Long-Period Analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-58867-7 .
publication
- About human nature and commercial society - for the 300th birthday of David Hume , the great optimist of progress and ardent advocate of free trade . In: FAZ . Economy from April 15, 2011, p. 12.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz D. Kurz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ UNI GRAZ. Institute for Economics. Institute members.
- ↑ Metroeconomica at 50, Metroeconomica 50: 3, pp. 255-259, 1999, doi : 10.1111 / 1467-999X.00072 .
- ↑ Metroeconomica: Editorial Board. www.wiley.com, accessed May 5, 2018 .
- ↑ SPÖ Parliamentary Club and Renner Institute award the 2018 Kurt Rothschild Prize - The Prize Winners . OTS announcement of October 31, 2018, accessed on November 1, 2018.
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Heinz D. Kurz - Faculty of Economics - BERGISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WUPPERTAL. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Kurz, Heinz D. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German and Austrian economist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm |