Adolf Soetbeer

Adolf Soetbeer (* November 23, 1814 in Hamburg, † October 22, 1892 in Göttingen) was a German economist.

Soetbeer studied philology, was. Due to his work Des Stader Elbzolls origin, progress and inventory 1840 Librarian of Commerzbibliothek and 1843 Secretary and Counsel of the Commercial Deputation in Hamburg The University of Kiel made ​​him an honorary Doctor of Laws. In 1872 he moved to Göttingen, where he was appointed Honorary Professor and Privy Councillor. Soetbeer has many years diligently worked for a German monetary reform based on the gold standard. Also, the coinage, the statistics of the river navigation, the trade agreements he devoted a great deal of interest.

He translated Mills Political Economy (4th edition, Leipzig, 1881, 3 volumes), wrote commentaries on the German Coinage Act and the German Banking Act (Erlangen, 1874-76 ) and also published: precious metals and value ratio between gold and silver since the discovery of America ( Gotha 1879 ) and materials for explaining and assessing economic conditions precious metal and the currency question ( 2nd edition, Berlin 1886).

Works

  • In Stader Elbzolles origin, progress and inventory. Hamburg 1839 ( digitized in the Google Book Search ).
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