Joseph Esslen

Joseph Eßlen, 1914

Joseph Bergfried Eßlen (born August 13, 1879 in Trier , † April 22, 1935 in Wiesbaden ) was a German economist .

Life

Eßlen studied political science in Munich and obtained his doctorate in 1902 under Lujo Brentano ( The law of decreasing land yield ). From 1906 to 1914 he was a professor at the University of Zurich . From 1914 to 1919 he taught at the Handelshochschule Berlin and from 1919 to 1927 he was a full professor at the University of Göttingen . His works deal with economic geography , the food industry and tax policy. He dedicated the textbook Politics of Foreign Trade (1925) to his doctoral supervisor Lujo Brentano on his 80th birthday.

Esslen dealt not only with the description of economic regions, but also individual branches of industry. He is still quoted today by historians, economic historians, and nutrition experts. In particular his publication on the meat supply of the German Reich: an investigation of the causes and effects of the meat price increase and the means to remedy it (1912) is still used and cited. Despite liberal views, he can be classified in the younger historical school of economics .

Works (selection)

• History of the development of communal taxation in Bavaria 1800-1818, s. l. 1902 ZBZOnline
• The law of decreasing land yield since Justus von Liebig: a dogma-historical investigation, Munich 1905 ZBZOnline
• Floor plan for lectures on economic geography, s. l. 1909 ZBZOnline
• Economy and money market 1902-1908: an investigation of the interaction of both in Germany, Stuttgart 1909 ZBZOnline
• Chronological overview tables for the lectures on the history of economics and socialism: §2-12, s. l. 1910
• The direct taxes in the canton of Zurich and their reform: critical presentation and proposals, Zurich 1910 ZBZOnline
• The meat supply of the German Reich: an investigation of the causes and effects of the meat price increase and the means to remedy it, Stuttgart 1912 ZBZOnline
• The currency tariffs of the present: a contribution to the theory of foreign trade policy, Jena 1922 ZBZOnline

literature

• Ulrich Woitek: Short biographies of economics professors. University of Zurich, 2016.
• Rectorate of the University of Zurich (Ed.): The University of Zurich 1933-1983. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the University of Zurich. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1983.
• M. Müller: Economists in Zurich did the economics in the short 19th century of the University of Zurich from 1833-1913. 2015, p. 61 ff.
• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar: Bio-bibliographical directory of contemporary German-speaking scientists. 1935, p. 294