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Rudolf Hilferding

1877 - 1941

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Rudolf Hilferding (German: [ˈhɪlfɐdɪŋ]; 10 August 1877 – 11 February 1941) was an Austrian-born Marxist economist, socialist theorist, politician and the chief theoretician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic, being almost universally recognized as the SPD's foremost theoretician of the twentieth century. He was also a physician. He was born in Vienna, where he received a doctorate having studied medicine. After becoming a leading journalist for the SPD, he participated in the November Revolution in Germany and was Finance Minister of Germany in 1923 and from 1928 to 1929. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Hilferding is the 136th most popular economist (down from 109th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Austria (down from 300th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 136 out of 414. Before him are Clive Granger, William Phillips, Zhou Youguang, Michael Spence, Stanley Fischer, and Eugene Fama. After him are Jeremy Rifkin, William Nordhaus, James Heckman, Alan Greenspan, Adolph Wagner, and Kristalina Georgieva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 39. Before him are Alfred Kubin, Said Nursî, Arthur Cecil Pigou, André Maginot, Alben W. Barkley, and Princess Auguste of Bavaria. After him are Rosika Schwimmer, Shefqet Vërlaci, Vasil Kolarov, George Hackenschmidt, Ulrich Salchow, and Endre Ady. Among people deceased in 1941, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 54. Before him are Paul-Jacques Curie, Dmitry Pavlov, Franz Gürtner, Gottfried Feder, Maria Spiridonova, and Frederick Griffith. After him are Ernst Lindemann, Lou Gehrig, Karin Boye, Guido Adler, Natalie of Serbia, and Henri Cornet.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 329 out of 1,424. Before him are Peter Fendi (1796), Max Adler (1873), Joseph Mohr (1792), Fritjof Capra (1939), Martin Weinek (1964), and Robert Adler (1913). After him are Erich Kleiber (1890), Alexander Wienerberger (1891), Adam Albert von Neipperg (1775), Jean Améry (1912), Othenio Abel (1875), and Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria (1801).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Austria

Among economists born in Austria, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Hayek (1899), Karl Polanyi (1886), and Friedrich von Wieser (1851). After him are Fritz Machlup (1902), Bruno de Finetti (1906), Käthe Leichter (1895), and Gottfried Haberler (1900).

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