Thorsten Polleit

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Thorsten Polleit (born December 4, 1967 in Münster ) is a German economist . He is chief economist at Degussa Goldhandel , partner of Polleit & Riechert Investment Management LLP, president of the German department of the libertarian Ludwig von Mises Institute (Ludwig von Mises Institute Germany) and honorary professor at the University of Bayreuth .

Life

Thorsten Polleit studied from 1988 to 1993 economics at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Munster , where he 1995 Manfred Borchert (Monetary) doctorate.

From 1997 to 2000 he worked for ABN AMRO, then for Barclays Capital . until he moved to Degussa Goldhandel GmbH as chief economist in 2012 . Its owners , August von Finck and Polleit, insist that “the investment-loving public always feels a kind of basic panic” and invest in precious metals. They benefited from the fear that the New Right was spreading, wrote Johannes Boie in the Süddeutsche Zeitung .

In summer 2014, Polleit was appointed honorary professor for economics at the University of Bayreuth . His teaching, interests and research focus are capital market theory , monetary policy and theory and especially the Austrian School of Economics .

Together with Matthias Riechert, he is a founding member and partner of Polleit & Riechert Investment Management LLP. Polleit has been writing regularly for various international newspapers since 1998 and speaks at conferences. He is a member of various associations, institutions and research facilities.

Work area and viewpoints

Polleit is a supporter of the Austrian School of Economics - especially in the form that is based on the work of Ludwig von Mises - and sees the state as a source of economic, social and political disturbances. He advocates a market-based social and economic system without such disruptions. He identifies the root cause of the international financial and economic crisis in the paper or fiat money system . From Polleit's point of view, this is the direct consequence of a social and economic system in which the state and the groups it benefits strive to leave the redistribution of income and wealth not to the free market but to political decisions. Polleit believes minimum wages are harmful.

Publications (selection)

  • Financing, disintermediation and monetary policy: forms of microeconomic financing in the Federal Republic of Germany and their effects on the monetary policy of Deutsche Bank , Diss. Univ. Münster 1995, Uni-Press-Hochschulschriften Vol. 51, Lit, Münster 1995, ISBN 978-3-8258-2607-9
  • with Michael von Prollius : Money reform. From bad state money to good market money . Lichtschlag Medien und Werbung, Grevenbroich 2010, ISBN 978-3-939562-20-7
  • with Ansgar Belke: Monetary Economics in a Globalized Financial System . Springer, Berlin Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3642146381
  • The curse of paper money . FinanzBook-Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-89879-671-2
  • as editor: Ludwig von Mises. Life and work for beginners. FinanzBook Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-89879-824-2
  • Ludwig von Mises for everyone: the uncompromising liberal. Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-95601-043-9
  • From intelligent investing: timeless principles for successful investments. FinanzBook Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-95972-134-9
  • With money to world domination , FinanzBook Verlag, Munich, 2020, ISBN 978-3-95972-304-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Stocker: Degussa: Court stops gold fraud under a false name , Die Welt , January 5, 2014
  2. ↑ Johannes Boie : Conflict of Interest: Fear is Gold , Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 26, 2016
  3. ^ Daniel Schönwitz: Lure Investors with Fear of Doom , Wirtschaftswoche , May 3, 2017
  4. ↑ "Why a minimum wage is not a good idea" , goldseiten.de , May 23, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Polleit, Thorsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster