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“Each to one’s own”: Albín Bráf’s Czech school of national economy

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, we explore the development of Czech economic thought within the context of the nineteenth-century Czech National Revival. Influenced by Classical Political Economy, the German Historical School, and Austrian economics, Czech economists faced the challenge of advancing economic development for a nation without a state. Key issues included lending difficulties, a lack of entrepreneurship, and inadequate institutional infrastructure. A distinct Czech School of National Economy emerged around Albín Bráf to address these problems through education and national economic agitation. Using primary sources, we trace their contributions to economic thought and their influence on political and legislative changes.

Source: Palacký University Open Portal

DOI: 10.82504/s6ts-qv55

Authors: Kuchař, Pavel, Krameš, Jaroslav

Institutions: Palacký University Olomouc, Prague University of Economics and Business

Language: English

Topic: Historical Economic and Legal Thought

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Grantová Agentura České Republiky

Award: Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change: The Case of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Collapse and the Creation of Czechoslovakia