Lorenz von Stein

Lorenz von Stein

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 79,331 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Lorenz von Stein is the 111th most popular economist (down from 108th in 2019), the 1,243rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,262nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Economist.