Leo Liepmann

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Leo Liepmann (born March 16, 1900 in Elbing ; † unknown, after 1958) was a German economist.

Life and activity

Liepmann was the older brother of Heinrich Liepmann . He received his doctorate in 1922 at the University of Jena with a thesis on Robert Liefmann's theory of values ​​and prices . He then moved to the University of Breslau , where he completed his habilitation in 1928. In the following years he explored the currency banking controversy in 19th century England. The resulting work was published in 1933.

From 1930 to 1935 Liepmann taught - interrupted by a stay as a Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation at the University of Cambridge from 1931 to 1932 - as a private lecturer at the University of Breslau.

In 1935 Liepmann emigrated to Great Britain. There he was initially employed at the London School of Economics , where, as a collaborator with William Beveridge , he undertook research for the book Prices and Wages in England , a comprehensive compilation of the price and wage tables in England from the 12th century to the present. This project, which was based on the evaluation of contemporary bookkeeping from monasteries, colleges and the like, took several years to complete.

After completing this project, Liepmann moved to Woodbroke College at the University of Birmingham . He held this position until he was interned as a citizen of a hostile power on the Isle of Man as a result of the outbreak of World War II . Although he was released after a few months - after he had been classified as politically reliable - his academic career was temporarily too badly damaged by the internment to find a new university job. He therefore worked as a substitute firefighter from 1941 to 1943. It was not until 1945 that he was able to resume academic activity when he was hired as a tutor by the St. Andrews Summer School.

After the end of the war, Liepmann worked from 1947 to 1953 for the British military government in Germany and from 1950 to 1958 as a lecturer (lecturer) for extramural studies at Oxford University.

Fonts

  • Robert Liefmann’s theory of value and price , 1922. (Dissertation)
  • The struggle to shape the English monetary constitution: From the 1st to the 2nd Peel's act, 1819-1844. (Currency principle and Banking School). A contribution to the history of the English monetary and banking system , Junker and Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1933.

Collaboration: William H. Beveridge: Prices and wages in England from the twelfth to the nineteenth Century , (with the assistance of Leo Liepmann et al.), London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1939.

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personal data
SURNAME Liepmann, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Elblag
DATE OF DEATH after 1958