Rudolf Goldscheid

Rudolf Goldscheid (12 August 1870 – 6 October 1931) was an Austrian writer and sociologist, co-founder of the German Sociological Association, known for his theory of human economy (German: Menschenökonomie) and for developing the topic of fiscal sociology.^[1] He has been described as "the founder of scientific sociology in Vienna",^[2] though he never had a job with a university.^[3]

^ Exner, Gudrun (2004). "Rudolf Goldscheid (1870–1931) and the Economy of Human Beings". Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. 2: 284–288. JSTOR 23025446.
^ Logan, Cheryl A. (2013). Hormones, Heredity, and Race: Spectacular Failure in Interwar Vienna. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. pp. 113–15. ISBN 978-0813559698.
^ King, John E. (2019). The Alternative Austrian Economics: A Brief History. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1788971515. Goldscheid was financially independent, and never held a university position in any discipline.

[Exner-1] Exner, Gudrun (2004). "Rudolf Goldscheid (1870–1931) and the Economy of Human Beings". Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. 2: 284–288. JSTOR 23025446.

[Logan-2] Logan, Cheryl A. (2013). Hormones, Heredity, and Race: Spectacular Failure in Interwar Vienna. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. pp. 113–15. ISBN 978-0813559698.

[3] King, John E. (2019). The Alternative Austrian Economics: A Brief History. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1788971515. Goldscheid was financially independent, and never held a university position in any discipline.

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