Vital Gawronski

Vital Gawronski (in some of his early publications: Vitaly Gawronsky ; born March 13, 1907 in Moscow , † 1989 ) was a Swiss economist and publicist .

Life

Gawronski graduated from high school in Bern and then studied economics at the University of Bern . He received his doctorate in 1935 with a thesis on the right of employees to have a say in companies .

He worked in the Federal Department of Economic Affairs and was secretary and research assistant for the Swiss Metalworkers' Association and worked for the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions . He also worked as the editor of the "Swiss Metal Workers Newspaper". Gawronski was acquainted with the Swiss socialist Gertrude Lörtscher . His best-known work is State Authority and People's Welfare , in which he vehemently opposed excessive government regulations in the economy (quite unusual for a trade unionist at the time). He last lived in Bern.

Works

• The right of employees to have a say in the company. Dissertation, University of Bern, 1935.
• The social policy of the federal government (= series of publications of the reconnaissance service of the Federal Central Office for War Economics. Issue 8). Bern 1945.
• Workers, Democracy and Freedom Rights. In: Ceremony for National Councilor Dr. hc Konrad Ilg . Francke, Bern 1947, pp. 81-108.
• State authority and people's welfare: What can the working population expect from the managed economy? Francke, Bern 1949, 2nd edition 1950.
• The sales tax - an antisocial burden? Francke, Bern 1951
• Crisis Fighting and Job Creation in Switzerland: A Contribution to the Question of Preparing and Financing Crisis Preventive Measures (= series of publications by the Institute for Finance and Taxes. Vol. 34). Stollfuß, Bonn 1955
• The economy should serve prosperity: thoughts about market economy on a human scale. Schaffhauser Nachrichten publishing house, Schaffhausen 1965.
• Agriculture and agricultural policy in Switzerland. Economic Development, Zurich 1981.

Vital Gawronski wrote numerous articles for the Schweizerische Metallarbeiter-Zeitung and other magazines.

Web links

• Literature by and about Vital Gawronski in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Who’s who in Switzerland: including the Principality of Liechtenstein. 1989. p. 196.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ernst Probst: Gertrude Duby-Blom: The Courageous Swiss Socialist ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 7, 2012. 
3. ^ Dictatorship of the forms. In: The time . May 17, 1951, accessed March 6, 2012 .