Tags: Economist.
Friedrich Freiherr von Wieser (German: [ˈviːzɐ]; July 10 1851 – July 22 1926) was an early (so-called first generation) economist of the Austrian School of economics. Born in Vienna the son of Privy Councillor Leopold von Wieser a high official in the war ministry he first trained in sociology and law. In 1872 the year he took his degree he encountered Austrian-school founder Carl Menger’s Grundsätze and switched his interest to economic theory.
