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Karl Menger as Son of Carl Menger

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  • Scott Scheall
  • Reinhard Schumacher

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Relatively little is known about the relationship between Carl Menger, founder of the Austrian school of economics, and his son, Karl Menger, the mathematician, geometer, logician, and philosopher of science, whose mathematical colloquium at the University of Vienna was essential for the development of mathematical economics. Based on Karl Menger’s diaries and correspondence, the present paper considers the development and struggles of the young Karl Menger, focusing on the years 1919–23, when Vienna was a vanquished city. We discuss the various relations within the Menger family and their significance for Karl Menger’s intellectual development. Additionally, we consider his acquaintances with economists such as Knut Wicksell, David Davidson, and Eli Heckscher as well as the younger Menger’s work in economics. We shed new light on his editorship of the second edition of his father’s Grundsätze der Volkswirtschaftslehre.

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  • Scott Scheall & Reinhard Schumacher, 2018. "Karl Menger as Son of Carl Menger," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 50(4), pages 649-678, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:hop:hopeec:v:50:y:2018:i:4:p:649-678
    DOI: 10.1215/00182702-7202512
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