Helmut Schuster (economist)

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Helmut Schuster (born February 4, 1939 in Vienna ; † August 8, 2013 in Altenberg near Linz ) was an Austrian economist and university professor .

Life

Helmut Schuster was born the son of a doctor in Vienna, graduated from high school in Vienna and then studied economics at the University of Birmingham in Great Britain . In 1963 he received his doctorate from the University of Innsbruck . In 1969 he completed his habilitation at the University of Münster and then taught at the Technical University of West Berlin , where he was dean of the economics faculty from 1972 to 1973. He also taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (Massachusetts) , USA, and at the World Bank's Economic Development Institute in Washington , USA.

From 1975 Schuster was a university professor at the University of Linz , where he headed the Institute for Economic Policy. From 1996 to 2003 he was dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Linz, he retired in 2003 , but continued to teach at this university.

As early as 1997, Schuster made far-sighted critical statements about the European monetary union with regard to the economic stability of the southern European future euro countries.

He was a member of the student association AV Austria Innsbruck . In his private life he lived on a farm in Windpassing, Altenberg near Linz , where he ran a sheep farm.

Works (selection)

  • The local supply of consumers in Upper Austria (1981)
  • Wage levels and employment (1991)
  • Economics for Journalists (1995)
  • Economics compact (2007)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ÖCV Biolex
personal data
SURNAME Schuster, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2013
Place of death Altenberg near Linz