Hans Singer

Sir Hans Singer
Born
Hans Wolfgang Singer

(1910-11-29)29 November 1910
Died26 February 2006(2006-02-26) (aged 95)
Brighton, England
Nationality
  • British
  • German
Spouse
Ilse Plaut
(m. 1933; died 2001)
[3]
Scholarly background
Alma mater
Academic advisors
Influences
Scholarly work
DisciplineEconomics
Sub-disciplineDevelopment economics
School or traditionStructuralist economics
Institutions
Notable ideasPrebisch–Singer thesis
InfluencedRudolf Meidner[5]

Sir Hans Wolfgang Singer (29 November 1910 – 26 February 2006) was a German-born British development economist best known for the Prebisch-Singer thesis, which states that the terms of trade move against producers of primary products. He is one of the primary figures of heterodox economics.

  1. ^ Toye 2006, p. 823.
  2. ^ a b Toye 2006, p. 821.
  3. ^ a b Toye, John (4 March 2006). "Professor Sir Hans Singer". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ Toye 2006, p. 824.
  5. ^ Erixon 2011, pp. 110, 117.