Max Hirsch (economist)

Max Hirsch
Born(1852-09-21)21 September 1852?
Died(1909-03-04)4 March 1909
NationalityGerman Australian.
Academic career
School or
tradition
Georgist, Austrian, Classical
InfluencesDavid Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, Henry George, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk.
ContributionsIntroduced Austrian theory of capital and interest into the Georgist school; proposed a correction to the Law of Rent.

Maximilian Hirsch (21 September 1852? – 4 March 1909) was a German-born businessman and economist who settled in Melbourne, Australia, where he became the recognized intellectual leader of the Australian Georgist movement and, briefly, a member of the Victorian Parliament.