Adolph Wagner

Adolph Wagner
Born(1835-03-25)25 March 1835
Died8 November 1917(1917-11-08) (aged 82)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Heidelberg University
Known forWagner's law
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsFriedrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin
Imperial University of Dorpat
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
Doctoral advisorGeorg Hanssen [de]
Doctoral studentsWerner Sombart
Lujo Brentano (Habilitation)

Adolph Wagner (25 March 1835 – 8 November 1917) was a German economist and politician, a leading Kathedersozialist (academic socialist) and public finance scholar and advocate of agrarianism. Wagner's law of increasing state activity is named after him.