Erich Schiff
Life and Work
- 18. April 1901
in Wien - 9. Januar 1992
- Generation 4
Stations
- 1901Birth
Born on 18 April 1901 in Vienna.
- 1927–1928Institute for Business Cycle Research
Employment at the Institute for Business Cycle Research in 1927/28.
- 1928Newspaper Editor— approximate
After the Institute for Business Cycle Research, Schiff worked as a newspaper editor and regularly attended the Mises private seminar.
- 1933“Kapitalbildung und Kapitalaufzehrung im Konjunkturverlauf” (Capital Formation and Capital Depletion over the Business Cycle)
In his principal work, Schiff demonstrated that monetary depreciation undermines firms' calculation assumptions and thus inevitably leads to malinvestment.[2]
- 1938Flight to the United States
Because of his Jewish descent, Schiff fled to the United States in 1938, where he continued to work as an economist.
- 1992Death
Died on 9 January 1992 in the United States.
Influences
- 1928–1938
After his appointment at the Institute for Business Cycle Research, Schiff worked as a newspaper editor and regularly attended the Mises-Privatseminar in Vienna.[1]
Erich Schiff in the context of the School as a whole: five generations, their teacher-student lineages, circles and collegial ties.
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Places of Activity
The Books
Essays, Reviews, Lectures
- APA
- Erich Schiff. (n.d.). Edited by mises.at and scholarium. Accessed July 20, 2026, from https://mises.at/en/denker/erich-schiff
- Chicago
- “Erich Schiff.” n.d. Edited by mises.at and scholarium. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://mises.at/en/denker/erich-schiff.
- German historical style
- Erich Schiff, edited by mises.at and scholarium, https://mises.at/en/denker/erich-schiff (accessed July 20, 2026).