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Born June 24, 1783 • Oldenburg
Died September 22, 1850 (aged 67) • Mecklenburg
Notable Works “The Isolated State”
Subjects Of Study location theory

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Ludwig Erhard, 1962.
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German statesman
Johannes Nikolaus Tetens
German mathematician, economist, and philosopher
Walther Funk
Walther Funk
German economist
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British economist
Dühring, c. 1900
Eugen Dühring
German philosopher and economist
List, Friedrich
Friedrich List
German-American economist
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Gottfried Feder
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German mathematician
Werner Sombart
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Georg Simmel
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