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| Theodor Hertzka | |
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| Born | (1845-07-13)July 13, 1845 |
| Died | October 22, 1924(1924-10-22) (aged 79) |
| Nationality |  Austria-Hungary |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Monetary theory |
Theodor Hertzka, or Hertzka Tivadar (July 13, 1845, in Budapest – October 22, 1924, in Wiesbaden) was a Hungarian-Austrian economist and journalist.
Life
He studied at the universities of Vienna and Budapest, and in 1872 became a member of the editorial staff of the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna. In 1879 he founded the newspaper Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, which he edited until 1886. He was a friend of Johannes Brahms.
Hertzka has been called the "Austrian Bellamy", because his novel Freiland, ein soziales Zukunftsbild (Leipzig, 1890), had a similar theme to that of Edward Bellamy's novel Looking Backward.
Bibliography
Other works by Hertzka are:
- Die Mängel des österreichischen Aktiengesetzentwurfs, Vienna, 1875;
- Das Wesen des Geldes, Leipzig, 1887
(in which he recommended the introduction of the gold standard in Austria); - Die Gesetze der Handelspolitik, ib. 1880;
- Das Personenporto: Ein Vorschlag zur Durchführung eines billigen Einheitstarifs im Personenverkehr der Eisenbahnen, Vienna, 1885;
- Die Gesetze der sozialen Entwickelung, Leipzig, 1886;
- Freiland - ein soziales Zukunftsbild Leipzig, 1890;
- Wechselkurs und Agio, Vienna, 1894
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer (1901–1906). "Theodor Hertka". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
