Bruno Hildebrand
Bruno Hildebrand | |
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| Born | 6 March 1812 |
| Died | 29 January 1878 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig University of Breslau |
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| Fields | Economics |
| Doctoral advisor | Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker |
| Doctoral students | Johannes Conrad Karl Knies Eugen Böhm von Bawerk |
Bruno Hildebrand (6 March 1812 – 29 January 1878) was a German economist representing the "older" historical school of economics. His economic thinking was highly critical of classical economists, especially of David Ricardo. His magnum opus was Economics of the Present and the Future (1848). The basic aim of this work was to establish laws of economic development. Hildebrand also stated that economic development was linear not cyclical. He supported socialist theory on the basis of religion, basic morals, and his beliefs of the negative effect of property on economic behavior.
An economics professor in Marburg, he was accused of high treason with respect to the turmoil of 1848 and condemned to death. He avoided the execution of this sentence by escaping to Switzerland, where he served as an associate professor at the University of Zurich. Together with Alfred Escher he was a co-founder and CEO of the Swiss Northeastern Railway and also was the founder of the Swiss National Bureau/ Federal Statistical Office. Hildebrand also created and directed the publication 'Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik'; for his contributions he was granted honorary Swiss citizenship. He became a professor at the University of Bern. Hildebrand returned then to Germany, where he was a professor at the University of Jena.
His son was the artist and sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand. His grandson was the Catholic philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand. His great-great-grandson is environmental leader Martin von Hildebrand.
References
Further reading
- von Hildebrand, Alice (2000). The Soul of A Lion: Dietrich von Hildebrand. Ignatius Press. ISBN 0-89870-801-X.
Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse: sciences écconomiques http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F8263.php
External links
- Hildebrand, Bruno at Encyclopedia
- Bruno Hildebrand at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- 1812 births
- 1878 deaths
- People from Naumburg (Saale)
- People from the Kingdom of Saxony
- German economists
- Hildebrand family
- Members of the Frankfurt Parliament
- Leipzig University alumni
- University of Breslau alumni
- University of Breslau faculty
- University of Marburg faculty
- University of Zurich faculty
- University of Bern faculty
- University of Jena faculty
- Historical school of economics