Adolph Wagner

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Adolph Wagner
Born	(1835-03-25)25 March 1835 Erlangen, Landgericht Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation
Died	8 November 1917(1917-11-08) (aged 82) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Göttingen Heidelberg
Known for	Wagner's law
Scientific career
Fields	Economics
Institutions	Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin Imperial University of Dorpat Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
Doctoral advisor	Georg Hanssen [de]
Doctoral students	Werner Sombart Lujo Brentano (Habilitation)

Adolph Wagner (25 March 1835 – 8 November 1917) was a German economist and politician, a leading Kathedersozialist (academic socialist) and public finance scholar and advocate of agrarianism. Wagner's law of increasing state activity is named after him.