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Wieser, Friedrich Freiherr vonWieser, Baron Friedrich von, b. Vienna, July 10, 1851, d. St. Gilgen (province of Salzburg), July 22, 1926, economist. Studied law, then economics; habilitation in political economics in 1883. From 1889 university professor in Prague; from 1903 in Vienna; 1917-1918 member of the Upper Chamber of the Reichsrat and Minister of Commerce; important representative of the school of liberal economic theory known as the Austrian School of Economics. Publications: Über den Ursprung und die Hauptgesetze des wirtschaftlichen Wertes, 1884; Der natürliche Wert, 1889; Die Theorie der städtischen Grundrente, 1909; Theorie der gesellschaftlichen Wirtschaft, 1914; Das geschichtliche Werk der Gewalt, 1923; Das Gesetz der Macht, 1926. Literature: E. Streissler, F. v. W. wissenschaftliche Grundperspektive, 1999.
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