Julius Hirsch (economist)

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Julius Hirsch (born October 30, 1882 in Mandel ; † August 14, 1961 in New York City ) was a German-American economist and State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Economics .

Life

After several years of commercial activity, Hirsch studied economics at the TH Aachen and the University of Bonn . In 1909 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate , 1911 habilitation he did at the Graduate School of Cologne for the national economy . It was there that he had worked as a lecturer . In 1917 he became associate professor and in 1919 full professor for private economics at the University of Cologne . He was the first professor of business administration of the Jewish faith in Germany.

In 1919, Hirsch became head of department for issues relating to transitional economics in the Reich Ministry of Food in Berlin and in the same year became State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Economics. In 1923 he lost this position and from 1924 taught at the Berlin Commercial College and also as an honorary professor at the University of Berlin . After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, he was forced to retire for racist reasons and emigrated to Denmark via the Netherlands .

Until the German invasion of Denmark on April 9, 1940 , Hirsch taught at the Copenhagen School of Commerce and had a great influence on the development of economics in Denmark. In 1941 Hirsch emigrated to the United States, where he taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He also advised the American government and private companies on economic policy issues.

On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the Free University of Berlin awarded him the title of honorary doctor in 1952 , the reason being: “the researcher in the field of commercial science, the years of the former commercial college and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin tirelessly and successfully devoted his energies, who through his work has excellently increased the reputation and importance of his subject and made a decisive contribution to bringing science and practice into close and fruitful contact. "

Fonts (selection)

  • The department store in West Germany, its organization and its effect. Leipzig 1910.
  • The branch operations in the retail trade, mainly taking into account the capitalist mass branches in Germany u. Belgium. Marcus & Weber, Bonn 1913.
  • Modern trade, its organization and forms, and state internal trade policy. Mohr, Tübingen 1925. Outline of the social economy. V. Department: Trade, Transport, Banking Part II.
  • The American economic miracle . S. Fischer, Berlin 1925.
  • The economic crisis. S. Fischer, Berlin 1931.
  • The trade margin - workshop of the Research Center for Trade, Berlin, on April 22, 1931 . With 15 discussion speeches and Table appendix about d. Height d. Trade margins u. Trading costs. Edited with Karl Brandt . Research Center for Retail, Berlin C 2, Spandauerstr. 42, 1931.
  • The modern trade omkostninger: rationalizing ved sammenligning af erfaringer in other countries . Translation by Knud Larsen. Schønberg, København 1935. (Translation of the title: The expenses of modern commerce .)
  • Price Control in the War Economy . Harper, New York 1943.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Peter Mantel: Business Administration in National Socialism. An institutional and personal history study , Wiesbaden: GWV, p. 360 ff.
  2. ↑ See Einhart Lorenz, Denmark. In: Claus-Dieter Krohn (Ed.), Handbuch der Deutschensprachigen Emigration 1933–1945 , special edition, 2nd, unchanged edition, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2008, pp. 204–208, here p. 206.
  3. ↑ Honorary doctorate Julius Hirsch
personal data
SURNAME Hirsch, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American economist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH almond
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1961
Place of death New York City