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Johann Karl Rodbertus

1805 - 1875

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Johann Karl Rodbertus (August 12, 1805, in Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania – December 6, 1875, in Jagetzow), also known as Karl Rodbertus-Jagetzow, was a German economist and socialist and a leading member of the Linkes Zentrum (centre-left) in the Prussian national assembly. He defended the labor theory of value, as well as the view, which it implied, of interest or profit being theft. He believed that capitalist economies tend toward overproduction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Karl Rodbertus is the 239th most popular economist (down from 236th in 2019), the 3,524th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,484th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 239 out of 414. Before him are Paul Volcker, Douglas Diamond, Colin Clark, Olivier Blanchard, Chester Barnard, and Arthur Melvin Okun. After him are Grigory Yavlinsky, Guy Standing, Leszek Balcerowicz, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Ellen Swallow Richards, and Harold Laski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 45. Before him are Gabriel Bibron, John Lloyd Stephens, Frederick Denison Maurice, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, Malek Jahan Khanom, and Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys. After him are Anton von Schmerling, Johann von Lamont, Esteban Echeverría, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Auguste Barbier, and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg. Among people deceased in 1875, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 51. Before him are Richard Christopher Carrington, Prosper Guéranger, Georg Herwegh, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Charles Kingsley, and Charles Elliot. After him are Francisco Coll Guitart, Atanasio Aguirre, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Maria Röhl, Isidore Pils, and Mikhail Pogodin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 3,526 out of 7,253. Before him are Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Rainer Woelki (1956), Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (1537), Rüdiger Safranski (1945), Anita Augspurg (1857), and Cornelius Gurlitt (1820). After him are Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798), Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891), Karl Muck (1859), Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Erich Pommer (1889), and Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 24. Before him are Ernest Mandel (1923), Ernst Engel (1821), Wilhelm Röpke (1899), Walter Eucken (1891), Lujo Brentano (1844), and E. F. Schumacher (1911). After him are Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher (1817), Adam Müller (1779), Andreas Kaplan (1977), Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Jörg Meuthen (1961), and Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842).

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