economist
Albert O. Hirschman.
German-American economist; member of the French Resistance
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About Albert O. Hirschman
Albert Otto Hirschman was an American economist. He was the author of several influential books on development economics, political economy, and political ideology including The Strategy of Economic Development (1958), Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (1970), The Passions and the Interests (1977), and The Rhetoric of Reaction (1991). He was a founding figure in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study and an influential economic advisor to Latin American leaders. In World War II, he played a key role in rescuing refugees from occupied France with the Emergency Rescue Committee.
Everything about Albert O. Hirschman →- Occupation
- economist, university teacher, writer, social scientist
- Citizenship
- United States, Germany
- Born
- April 7, 1915
- Died
- December 10, 2012