- Theodor Hertzka
Theodor Hertzka, or Hertzka Tivadar (
July 13 ,1845 ,Budapest -1924,Wiesbaden ) was a Hungarian-Austrianeconomist andjournalist .Life
He studied at the universities of
Vienna andBudapest , and in 1872 became a member of the editorial staff of the "Neue Freie Presse " of Vienna. In 1879 he founded the "Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung ", which he edited until 1886.Hertzka has been called the "Austrian Bellamy", because in his "
Freiland, ein soziales Zukunftsbild " (Leipzig, 1890), he followed in the steps of the author of "Looking Backward ".He was a friend of
Johannes Brahms .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, 1894References
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Persondata
NAME=Hertzka, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Hertzka Tivadar
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Hungarian-Austrian economist and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH=July 13 ,1845
PLACE OF BIRTH=Budapest ,Hungary
DATE OF DEATH=1924
PLACE OF DEATH=Wiesbaden ,Germany
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