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Karl Knies

German economist and university lecturer (1821-1898)

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Lived 1821–1898, aged 77

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Aged 77
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Updated 2026-06-21

Karl Gustav Adolf Knies was a German economist of the historical school of economics, best known as the author of Political Economy from the Standpoint of the Historical Method (1853). Knies taught at the University of Heidelberg for over 30 years, and was perhaps the most theoretically oriented economist of the older historical school.

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Карл Кніс
wikipedia · uk.wikipedia.org
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wikipedia · es.wikipedia.org
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wikipedia · fi.wikipedia.org
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