Kurt_Singer

Kurt Singer

Kurt Singer

German economist and philosopher

Not to be confused with Kurt Singer (musicologist).

Kurt Singer (May 12, 1886 – February 14, 1962) was a German economist and philosopher.

Born in Magdeburg, he was a professor at Hamburg University (1924-1933). He taught at the Tokyo Imperial University from 1931 to 1935.

Singer died at Athens at the age of 75.

Literary works

  • On the crisis of present-day Japan, 1932
  • Das Geld als Zeichen, 1920
  • Platon und das Griechentum, 1920
  • Platon der Gründer, 1927

Further information

  • Schönhärl, Korinna. (2007). Die Ökonomen des George-Kreises zwischen Historischer Methode und Ökonometrie 1918-1933: der Ökonom Kurt Singer und die Methode der Semiotik, Zeitschrift für Bibliothek, Archiv und Information in Norddeutschland, Nordhausen: Bautz, ISSN 0720-7123, ZDB-ID 8020310, Vol. 27.2007, 4, pp. 551–568


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