Gustav Schmoller
| Gustav von Schmoller | |
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Gustav von Schmoller by Nicola Perscheid c. 1908
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| Born |
24 June 1838 Heilbronn, Germany |
| Died | 27 June 1917 (aged 79) Bad Harzburg, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | Economics |
| School or tradition |
Historical school of economics |
| Influences | Karl Wolfgang Christoph Schüz |
Gustav von Schmoller (German: [ˈʃmɔlɐ]; 24 June 1838 – 27 June 1917) was the leader of the "younger" German historical school of economics.
Schmoller was born in Heilbronn. His father was a Württemberg civil servant. Young Schmoller studied Staatswissenschaften (a combination of economics, law, history, and civil administration) at the University of Tübingen (1857–61). In 1861, he obtained an appointment at the Württemberg Statistical Department. During his academic career, he held appointments as a professor at the universities of Halle (1864–72), Strasbourg (1872–82), and Berlin (1882–1913). After 1899, he represented the University of Berlin in the Prussian House of Lords. He was a leading Sozialpolitiker (more derisively, Kathedersozialist, "Socialist of the Chair"), and a founder and long-time chairman of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the German Economic Association, which continues to exist. Schmoller's influence on academic policy, economic, social and fiscal reform, and economics as an academic discipline for the time between 1875 and 1910 can hardly be overrated. He was also an outspoken proponent of the assertion of German naval power and the expansion of the German overseas empire.
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