Gustav Stolper

Stolper was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was born into a Jewish family that had immigrated from Poland to Austria.^[3]

In 1913 he established Der Österreichischer Volkswirt.^[4] Stolper and Joseph Schumpeter reportedly knew each other when they lived in Vienna in the 1910s.^[5] In 1925, Stolper moved to Berlin.^[5] In 1926 he established the Deutscher Volkswirt, the forerunner of Wirtschaftswoche weekly business magazine.^[3][6] In 1929 he drafted a platform for the German Democratic Party geared towards the interests of the middle class; it was well-received but came too late to prevent the party's disintegration.^[7]

Stolper was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930 as a member of the German State Party.^[8]

Stolper migrated to the United States after Hitler's rise to power.^[9]

In 1940, he published German Economy, 1870-1940, an economic history of modern Germany.^[10] In 1958, he published German Realities; A Guide to the Future Peace of Europe.^[9][11]

The Gustav Stolper Prize is awarded by the Verein für Socialpolitik for "outstanding scientists who have employed the findings of economic research to influence the public debate on economic issues and problems, and have made important contributions to understanding and solving contemporary economic problems."^[4]

Winners:

His eldest son Wolfgang Stolper (1912-2002) was an American economist.^[3]

• Einstein–Szilárd letter