Paul Arndt (political economist)
Paul Arndt (born September 25, 1870 in Luckenwalde ; † May 24, 1942 in Bad Homburg in front of the height ) was a German economist .
Life
He was the son of the rector Ferdinand Arndt and began to study theology; but soon switched to law and political science at the universities of Geneva , Paris , Bonn and Berlin . In 1897 he was able to complete his studies in Berlin with a doctorate as “Dr. phil. ”successfully.
Immediately thereafter, Arndt got a job as a research assistant at the commercial academy in Cologne . He stayed there until 1900 and then moved to the administration of the Berlin merchants . In the following year he accepted an offer at the Academy for Social and Commercial Sciences in Frankfurt am Main .
Arndt stayed there until 1914 and then changed to the rank of "o. Prof. "at the University of Frankfurt / M. During the First World War , Arndt was entrusted with the management of the economic department of the Reichsbekleidungsstelle in Berlin. He retired in 1935.
reception
As an economist, Arndt represented a liberal economic and trade policy. Among other things, he dealt extensively with the social problems of workers and was very committed to the protection of homeworkers .
Works (selection)
- Germany's position in the world economy . 1907/1913
- Home work and publishing in modern times . 1932–1935 (32 issues).
- Homework misery . 1927.
- Wage Act and Wage Tariff . 1926.
- Protection of national labor . 1903.
- How do you study economics? 1921/1922.
literature
- Walther Killy (Gre.): German encyclopaedic biography . Saur, Munich 1990.
- Rita Zeidler: Arndt, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 361 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Arndt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Arndt, Paul. Hessian biography. (As of February 11, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Arndt, Paul |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Luckenwalde |
DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1942 |
Place of death | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |