Claude Hillinger (27 June 1930 – 19 March 2020) was a German-American economist. He was a professor of economics at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

from 1972 to 1995. Born in

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shortly before the

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, Hillinger emigrated with his family to

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in 1937. He grew up living in

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and

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

until 1948, when he moved to

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. Partly in evening courses, he attained his bachelor's degree and later an

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from

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in 1953 and 1959, respectively. He then went on to earn a PhD in economics from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

in 1963. His dissertation, advised by Robert Basmann, contained econometric tests of

Lloyd Metzler Lloyd Appleton Metzler (3 April 1913 – 26 October 1980) was an American economist best known for his contributions to international trade theory. He was born in Lost Springs, Kansas in 1913. Although most of his career was spent at the Univ ...

's inventory cycle model of the

business cycle Business cycles are intervals of general expansion followed by recession in economic performance. The changes in economic activity that characterize business cycles have important implications for the welfare of the general population, governmen ...

. After working as a

lecturer Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. They may also conduct re ...

at the

University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo (commonly referred to as UB, University at Buffalo, and sometimes SUNY Buffalo) is a public university, public research university in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. ...

until 1966, Hillinger became an assistant professor at

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a Private university, private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. Case ...

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. In 1972, he moved back to Germany, becoming a professor of economics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Hillinger was an advocate of

utilitarian In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals. In other words, utilitarian ideas encourage actions that lead to the ...

or cardinal voting systems (primarily

combined approval voting Combined approval voting (CAV) is an electoral system where each voter may express approval, disapproval, or indifference toward each candidate. The winner is the candidate with the highest score, which is determined by subtracting the number of ap ...

) rather than

ranked voting systems Ranked voting is any voting system that uses voters' Ordinal utility, rankings of candidates to choose a single winner or multiple winners. More formally, a ranked vote system depends only on voters' total order, order of preference of the cand ...

. Hillinger died on 19 March 2020, at the age of 89.

Publications

* Unnatural science: The conflict between reason and ideology in economics and the other social sciences, Collected works of Claude Hillinger, Volume I Published 17 Nov 2015 by WEA Books

External links

Personal Details and List of works

References

1930 births 2020 deaths American economists German economists Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States German emigrants to Turkey Immigrants to the United States City College of New York alumni University of Chicago alumni Case Western Reserve University faculty Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich University at Buffalo faculty Social scientists from Berlin {{US-economist-stub