Early influence of Adam Smith on the economic thought in central Europe

Julius Horváth*, Tomáš Krištofóry

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    This paper presents an overview of the adoption of Adam Smith's work in the Central European countries, namely the Czech lands and the Hungarian Kingdom in the last third of the 18th and the first half of the 19th century. The paper is divided into two parts. In the first one, after a short presentation concerning the teaching and writing on economic issues in Smith's time, we discuss various channels through which Smith's ideas reached Central Europe. We take stock of the economists influenced by his thoughts, most of them students at the University of Göttingen. In the second part, we discussed the life and the work of Gregorius von Berzeviczy, an eminent economist living in the Kingdom of Hungary, who seemed to be most influenced by the teaching of the Great Scotsman. We reviewed Berze viczy's main works and discussed his influence.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)137-155
    Number of pages19
    JournalHistory of Economic Ideas
    Volume28
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2020

    Keywords

    • Adam Smith
    • Central Europe
    • Georg von Berzeviczy

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