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Rudolf Goldscheid

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Rudolf Goldscheid · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Austrian sociologist and founder of fiscal sociology

When

1870, Vienna, Austria — 1931, Vienna, Austria

Where

Austria

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Biography

Rudolf Goldscheid is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Austrian sociologist and founder of fiscal sociology

How & why

Goldscheid was an Austrian sociologist, writer and pacifist who founded fiscal sociology (Finanzsoziologie), the study of how a state's public finances, taxation and debt both reflect and shape its underlying social and power structures. He helped found the German Sociological Society and was active in monist and peace movements. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology

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Austrian sociologist and founder of fiscal sociology

1870

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology