Georg Friedrich Knapp
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Georg Friedrich Knapp (German: [knap]; 7 March 1842 – 20 February 1926)[2] was a German economist who in 1905 published The State Theory of Money, which founded the chartalist school of monetary theory, which argues that money's value derives from its issuance by an institutional form of government rather than spontaneously through relations of exchange.
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Georg Friedrich Knapp | |
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Born | (1842-03-07)7 March 1842 |
Died | 20 February 1926(1926-02-20) (aged 83) |
Nationality | German |
Academic career | |
Institution | University of Strasbourg |
Field | Monetary economics, statistics |
School or tradition | Chartalism, Historical school of economics |
Influences | Ferdinand Lassalle[1] |
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