Wolfram Engels
Wolfram Engels (born August 15, 1933 in Cologne , † April 30, 1995 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) was a German economist and journalist .
life and work
Wolfram Engels grew up in the Black Forest and attended high school in Freudenstadt , later in Stuttgart , where he graduated from high school in 1953. After graduating from high school, he completed a commercial apprenticeship in Bremen and then studied business administration in Hamburg, Cologne and New York. In 1959 he passed the examination to become a business graduate in Cologne . In 1961, Engels received a doctorate degree from Erich Gutenberg in Cologne on the subject of "Business valuation theory in the light of decision theory" "summa cum laude". rer. pole. PhD. He then worked for three years in the textile industry in Mönchengladbach . He completed his habilitation in 1968 with Wolfgang Stützel at the University of Saarbrücken.
From 1968 until his death, Engels was a full professor of business administration and banking at the University of Frankfurt am Main . He was the scientific director of the Society and Enterprise Foundation in Frankfurt and worked primarily in the field of capital market and organizational theory.
The modern meaning of the term “ Bürgergeld ” was introduced in 1974 by Engels with Joachim Mitschke and Bernd Starkloff as part of the citizenship tax concept.
He belonged to the CDU and ran for his party in 1972 in vain for a Bundestag mandate . At the beginning of 1974 at Frankfurt University he was at the center of violent disputes with left-wing student groups over university regulations. Together with Wolfgang Stützel, he participated in the 1976 corporate tax reform.
Engels was also the publisher of Wirtschaftswoche . He was also known for his weekly column in Wirtschaftswoche. He was also the founder of the " Kronberger Kreis " and co-founder of the Frankfurt Institute / predecessor of the Market Economy Foundation .
Quote
"In Germany, for decades, we have succeeded in creating a tax chaos that harmoniously combines high tax rates - that is, great economic damage - with low tax income."
family
Wolfram Engels was the son of a wool weaver. His marriage ended in divorce. He has a daughter.
Works
- Business valuation in the light of decision theory (1962)
- Participation tax (1968; together with W. Stützel)
- Wealth, Risk, and Profitability (1969)
- Social market economy - spurned future "(1972; last new edition 1974)
- Labor and the Labor Market in High Capitalism (1974)
- Citizenship Tax (1974; 2nd edition 1975; together with J. Mischke and B. Starkloff)
- National wealth (1974; together with H. Sablotny and D. Zickler)
- The distribution of wealth (1976; with H. Wenkebach )
- More market (1976; 2nd edition 1977)
- Bank participation in industrial companies (1978)
- Critique of Welfare Status (1979)
- Central bank technology (1979)
- The optimal monetary unit (1981)
- Renew the State (1983)
- Unemployment (1984)
- On Liberty, Equality and Fraternity (1985)
Awards
- Pieroth Prize (1975)
- Ludwig Erhard Prize for Business Journalism (1976)
- Hermann Lindrath Prize (1977)
In 1977 he received the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Business Journalism .
The Wolfram Engels Prize of the Market Economy Foundation is named after him.
swell
- With passion: Renate Merklein on the death of Wolfram Engels. Obituary. WirtschaftsWoche, May 4, 1995
- Wolfram Engels: 1933-1995 in memoriam. Frankfurt Institute - Market Economy and Politics Foundation, Bad Homburg 1995
- Wolfram Engels in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfram Engels in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short curriculum vitae on the Kronberger Kreis website
Remarks
- ↑ Web presence ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2017 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. on this study from 1974 with the original as a PDF file, on p. 14 “Bürgergeld”; Bürgergeld ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2017 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. : What's this? by Helmut Pelzer 11/99 (uni-ulm.de)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engels, Wolfram |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1995 |
| Place of death | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |