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Lorenz von Stein

1815 - 1890

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Lorenz von Stein (18 November 1815 – 23 September 1890) was a German economist, sociologist, and public administration scholar from Eckernförde. As an advisor to Meiji period Japan, his liberal political views influenced the wording of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan as well as major constitutional thinkers such as Rudolf von Gneist. According to Colin Gordon, Stein articulated a "vision of a liberal state as active historic partner in the making of civil society" and called for "a tabling of the question of class formation as part of the state's agenda." Stein advocated a combination of constitutional liberal state with a welfare state, and has been called the "intellectual father of the welfare state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorenz von Stein has received more than 84,150 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Lorenz von Stein is the 101st most popular economist (up from 110th in 2019), the 1,148th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,243rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Lorenz von Stein ranks 101 out of 414. Before him are Jacques Attali, Dale T. Mortensen, Gottfried Feder, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Gérard Debreu, and Kristalina Georgieva. After him are Oskar Morgenstern, Bingu wa Mutharika, Douglas McGregor, Thomas Schelling, Silvio Gesell, and Adolph Wagner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Lorenz von Stein ranks 15. Before him are Johann Jakob Bachofen, Ildefons Cerdà, Thomas Couture, Julia Margaret Cameron, Ľudovít Štúr, and Josip Juraj Strossmayer. After him are Ernest Meissonier, Giuseppina Strepponi, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Andreas Achenbach, Constantin von Tischendorf, and Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha. Among people deceased in 1890, Lorenz von Stein ranks 20. Before him are William Kemmler, Niels Gade, John Henry Newman, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Louis Le Prince, and Gottfried Keller. After him are Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Jyotirao Phule, Carl Bloch, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, and Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lorenz von Stein ranks 1,148 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Richard Petri (1852), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Friedrich Hund (1896), Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Johannes Althusius (1563), and Alfred Naujocks (1911). After him are Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), Karl von Bülow (1846), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Josef Terboven (1898), and Adam Elsheimer (1578).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Lorenz von Stein ranks 12. Before him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Eugen Dühring (1833), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Alfred Weber (1868), Gottfried Feder (1883), and Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810). After him are Oskar Morgenstern (1902), Adolph Wagner (1835), Ernest Mandel (1923), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (1949), Gustav von Schmoller (1838), and Ernst Engel (1821).

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