Rudolf Hilferding

Rudolf Hilferding (1877 - 1941) was an Austrian Marxist economist and a popularizer of the "economic" reading of Karl Marx.

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1877 - 1941 - Austrian - Marxist - Economist - Karl Marx

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A leading Marxist theorist of his day, identified with the "Austro-Marxian" group. He was the main defender to the challenge to Marx by Austrian School economist and fellow Vienna resident, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk. Hilferding also participated in the Crises Debate - disputing Marx's theory of the instability and eventual breakdown of capitalism on the basis that the concentration of capital is actually stabilizing. His most famous work was Finance Capital.

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Austrian School - Vienna - Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk - Capitalism

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Hilferding served with Kautsky in the German Socialization Committee in 1918. He was a member of parliament for the Social Democratic Party in Germany and also served as the German Minister of Finance in 1923 and 1928-1929. Hilferding fled into exile in 1933, living first in Switzerland and then in France. In February 1941 he was arrested by Vichy authorities and handed over to the Gestapo. He committed suicide in the Gestapo dungeon of Le Santé on Feb. 11, 1941.

Related Topics:
Kautsky - 1918 - Social Democratic Party - German Minister of Finance - 1923 - 1928 - 1929

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Biographies

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William Smaldone's Rudolf Hilferding

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