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A doctor of law who in addition studied medicine and philosophy.[1]
One of the most outstanding students in Carl Menger's seminar for graduates who were already working professionals and interested in economics.
As an editor at various newspapers, he regularly reviewed the economic literature.[1]
An impressive methodological work, <em>Die wirtschaftliche Energie</em> (1893), running to over 1,000 pages; notable for its early critique of the mechanical image of homo oeconomicus and its conclusion that “economics [...] is the science of action as such”. Five decades later Mises would take up this action-oriented approach without explicitly referring to Ludassy.[1]
Editor-in-chief of the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung from 1894.[1]
Worked as a freelance writer from 1907; president of the Vienna press organisation.[1]
Died on 30 September 1922 in Vienna (according to the biographical text; the data field acf.deathdate gives 30 July 1922).[1]
Ludassy was one of the most outstanding pupils in Carl Menger's seminar for graduates who were already in professional life and interested in economics.
Julius Friedrich Gans von Ludassy in the context of the School as a whole — five generations, their teacher-student lineages, circles and collegial ties.
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