Jacob van Gelderen (10 March 1891, Amsterdam – 14 May 1940, The Hague) was a Dutch economist. Alongside Salomon de Wolff, he proposed the existence of 50- to 60-year long economic super cycles, now known as Kondratiev waves.
Jacob van Gelderen | |
|---|---|
 J. van Gelderen | |
| Born | 10 March 1891 |
| Died | 14 May 1940 (aged 49) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Macroeconomics |
| School or tradition | Marxian economics |
Van Gelderen became a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1927, he resigned in 1936.[1]
A Jew, Van Geldern died by suicide along with his family during the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.[2]
References
edit- ^ "J. van Gelderen (1891 - 1940)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Jacob van Gelderen". Joods Monument. 10 March 1891. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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