Georg Friedrich Knapp

 

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Georg Friedrich Knapp

Chartalism
Born	March 7, 1842 Gießen, Germany
Died	February 20, 1926 Darmstadt, Germany
Nationality	German
Institution	University of Strasbourg
Field	Monetary economics, statistics
Influenced	Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (Dr. phil. habil. 1895) (doctoral student), Kurt Singer (doctoral student)

Georg Friedrich Knapp (German: [knap]; March 7, 1842 – February 20, 1926) was a German economist and founder of the chartalist school of monetary theory, which takes the statist stance on money, claiming that it must have no intrinsic value and strictly be used as governmentally-issued token, i.e., fiat money.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Family 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Biography

He studied in Munich, Berlin and Göttingen, and in 1867 became director of the Statistical Bureau of Leipzig. Two years later, he was appointed assistant professor of economics and statistics in the University of Leipzig.^[1] In 1874, he was appointed a professor of political economy at the University of Strasbourg, where he remained until to 1918. He was also rector at Strasbourg in the years 1891–92 and 1907–08.^[2]

[edit] Works

His earlier writings deal chiefly with population and agricultural topics.

• Ueber die Ermittelung der Sterblichkeit (“On the ascertainment of mortality,” 1868)
• Die Sterblichkeit der Sachsen (“Mortality in Saxony,” 1869)
• Theorie des Bevölkerungswechsels (“The theory of population fluctuations,” 1874)
• Die Bauernbefreiung und der Ursprung der Landarbeiter in den älteren Teilen Preussens (“The liberation of peasants and the origins of the agriculturalist in the older parts of Prussia, ”1887)
• Die Landarbeiter in Knechtschaft und Freiheit (“The farmer in serfdom and freedom,” 1891)
• Grundherrschaft und Rittergut (“Land ownership and seignorial lands,” 1897)
• Staatliche Theorie des Geldes (“The State Theory of Money”), München u. Leipzig, Duncker & Humblot, 1921. 3rd edition. English edition of 1924 in PDF format

In 1886 he founded the periodical Abhandlungen aus dem staatswissenschaftlichen Seminar zu Strassburg.

[edit] Family

Knapp was the father of Elly Heuss-Knapp. He raised his two daughters alone, uncommon at the time, after their Georgian-born mother, Knapp's wife, became mentally ill.

[edit] See also

• Fiat money vs. commodity money
• Keynesianism

[edit] References

1. ^ "Knapp, George Friedrich". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
2. ^ "Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig". University of Leipzig. http://www.uni-leipzig.de/unigeschichte/professorenkatalog/leipzig/Knapp_874.html.

[edit] External links

• Archive for the History of Economic Thought
• The State Theory of Money (English translation). 1924.
• "Knapp, Georg Friedrich". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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Persondata
Name	Knapp, Georg Friedrich
Alternative names
Short description	German economist
Date of birth	March 7, 1842
Place of birth	Gießen
Date of death	February 20, 1926
Place of death	Darmstadt

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