BÜSCH, Johann Georg.

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Erfahrungen. First editions, the complete five volumes of these collected works of the Hamburg mathematician (1728-1800), founder of that city's Academy of Commerce.Büsch ran his academy for aspiring merchants for more than 30 years, educating a generation of the city's economic elite. He provided his pupils with textbooks of his own devising, while his criticisms of contemporary economic theory spread widely in German universities.Volume I explores social customs, Volume II advises young princes on a life in business, Volume III addresses poor relief, Volume IV is Büsch's autobiography, and Volume V, posthumously published in 1802, examines the consequences of the active life across different strata of society.

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