Viktor Vanberg

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Viktor Vanberg (born August 12, 1943 in Aachen ) is professor emeritus at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , where he held the chair for economic policy from 1995 to 2009. From 2001 to 2010 he headed the Walter Eucken Institute in Freiburg. He is a member of the board of the Walter Eucken Institute.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1963 at the Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in Aachen, Vanberg studied sociology in Aachen and Münster , and graduated in 1968 with a diploma in sociology. In 1974 he received his doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin. phil. PhD . In 1981 he completed his habilitation at the University of Mannheim . With a Heisenberg grant from the German Research Foundation, he moved to the Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va., USA in 1983. Since 1985 he has been a full professor of economics and has been the institute's editorial director. In 1995 he was offered a professorship in economic policy at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. He taught there until 2009. At the same time, from 2001 to 2010 he was head of the Walter Eucken Institute, which is affiliated with the university.

In 2010 Vanberg was awarded the Hayek Medal .

Fonts

  • The two sociologies. Individualism and Collectivism in Social Theory , 1975
  • (Ed.) Freedom, competition and economic order. Homage on the 100th birthday of Friedrich A. von Hayek , 1999
  • The Constitution of Markets: Essays in Political Economy . Routledge, London 2001
  • Market economy and justice - idea and criticism of social justice in the concept of the social market economy , in: Stefan Empter, Robert B. Vehrkamp (Ed.): Social justice. - an inventory. Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-89204-925-8 , pp. 25–50
  • (Ed.) Evolution and free competition . Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 2010
  • Morality and economic order: On the ethical foundations of a free society . Walter Eucken Institute, Freiburg Discussion Papers on Regulatory Economics. 2011.

literature

  • Hans Albert : Viktor Vanberg and the social science knowledge program . In: Nils Goldschmidt and Michael Wohlgemuth (eds.): Competition and rules . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2008
personal data
SURNAME Vanberg, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen