Theodor Hertzka

Theodor Hertzka also Hertzka Tivadar, ( born July 13, 1845 in Pest, † October 22, 1924 in Wiesbaden, Germany ) was an Austrian economist, journalist and publicist.

Life

Theodor Hertzka came from a conservative Jewish family. After attending school in his home town, he studied at the University of Vienna and later at the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest. After successfully completing his studies in Vienna Hertzka 1872 got a job at the Neue Freie Presse, where he was responsible for the business section recorded as an editor.

In 1874 Hertzka in the club along with some like-minded society of Austrian economists.

1879 Hertzka his own company, founded the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung and ran it as editor until 1896. From this period came his friendship with Theodor Herzl, who worked in Paris during these years for the Neue Freie Presse.

After the First World War, Hertzka settled in Wiesbaden, where he died in 1924 at the age of almost 80 years.

Economics

In addition to his journalistic activities, Hertzka made ​​by economic proposals and theories a name which his contemporaries utopian, from today's perspective (2006) but quite seem realistic. In his essay " The people of Porto " he suggested, for example, to introduce a cheap tariff for the passengers of the railways.

Outdoor

His book "Free Country, a social vision of the future " in the style of a report describing which is based on detailed national economic considerations utopia of a free economic Siedlungsgenossenschaft in what is now Kenya. The writing found many followers. Franz Oppenheimer, Gustav Lilienthal and his brother Otto belonged to it. In several countries, "free associations " formed. The still existing projects Fruit Cooperative Eden (1893 ) and Siedlungsgenossenschaft Freie Scholle (1895 ) were clearly influenced by the ideas of the book when it was founded. A conversion attempt at the original location (Kenya ) in February 1894 but failed. 1896 the book was published already in the tenth edition. The sequel to A Journey to open land consists, in turn, in novel form, with detailed questions ( business start-ups, abuse and liability for loans ) apart. In the preface states: " First, the confession that this little book is a tendentious in the worst sense of the word. Under the guise of entertainment and instruction they do not want to win just for a certain opinion, but even for certain acts of the reader. "

The outdoor utopia is influenced by the views of Eugen Dühring, who sees the evils of the existing economic system in interest on capital and land rent. Since Hertzka based his theories on the work A review of 2000 to 1887 the U.S. American writer Edward Bellamy, he was called by contemporaries the "Austrian Bellamy ".

Writings

  • The shortcomings of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act draft. Vienna 1875
  • Currency and trade. Vienna 1876
  • The laws of trade policy. Leipzig 1880
  • The laws of social development. Leipzig 1886
  • The people of Porto. Vienna 1885
  • The field. A sociales picture of the future. 1890 summary and excerpts, English Edition of 1891 at Project Gutenberg
  • A trip to the field. Leipzig 1893
  • The Social Problem, 1912
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