Theodor Hertzka

Birth	July 13, 1845(1845-07-13)
Death	October 22, 1924 (aged 79)
Nationality	Austria-Hungary
Field	Monetary theory
Influenced	Silvio Gesell

Theodor Hertzka, or Hertzka Tivadar (July 13, 1845, in Budapest – October 22, 1924, in Wiesbaden) was a Hungarian-Austrian economist and journalist.

Contents 1 Life 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life

He studied at the universities of Vienna and Budapest, and during 1872 became a member of the editorial staff of the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna. During 1879 he initiated 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 Looking Backward, which was composed by Edward Bellamy.

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article "Theodor Hertka" by Isidore Singer, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• Works by Theodor Hertzka at Project Gutenberg

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