Rodbertus, Johann Karl 1805-1875

Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.

Born 1805 · died 1875

Johann Karl Rodbertus , also known as Karl Rodbertus-Jagetzow, was a German economist and socialist and a leading member of the Linkes Zentrum (centre-left) in the Prussian national assembly. He defended the labor theory of value, as well as the view, which it implied, of interest or profit being theft. He believed that capitalist economies tend toward overproduction.

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Where the papers are held

The surviving papers of Rodbertus, Johann Karl 1805-1875 are held at Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.

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