!!!Färber, Heinrich

b. Novy Šacz, Poland (then Neu-Sandec), Sept. 22, 1864, 
d. Lodz (Poland), Dec. 15, 1941, goldsmith, later economist; 
founder of the ergocratic economic theory, which aimed at solving 
acute economic policy problems propagating concepts such as "breaking 
the dominance of the banks", "automatic taxation",  the prohibition of 
inflation, state monopoly of money creation etc. He spread his ideas 
by founding associations and publishing, and gained considerable 
recognition from renowned experts of the field and party. He was 
deported to the ghetto of Lodz on Oct. 19, 1941. After World 
War II and the subsequent change in economic conditions, his 
knowledge and ideas ceased to be regarded as relevant.

!Works
Wr. Theorie der Buchhaltung oder Die Buchungseinheit, 1917; Das 
Geldproblem als Grundlage zur Sanierung der Weltwirtschaft, 1922; 
Kritik der Volkswirtschaftslehre, 1923; Das ergokratische Manifest, 
1930; Menetekel, 3 vols., 1935-1937; Das ergokratische Evangelium, 
about 1940.

!Literature
K. Mocnik, Leben und Werk des oesterreichischen 
Nationaloekonomen H. F. (1864-1941), 1997.



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