Jan-Otmar Hesse
Biographic Data
| ID | 1600426 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan-Otmar Hesse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan-Otmar |
| FAMILY NAME | Hesse |
| SIGNATURE | HESSE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Bayreuth Bayreuth Deutschland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5754-4637 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Practicing a «dark art»
The globalisation of German industry after the Bretton Woods collapse
Kobolde, Paradiese und Oasen. Die geheimnisvolleWelt derUnternehmensbesteuerung aus globalhistorischer Perspektive / Leprechauns, Paradises and Oases. The Mysterious World of Corporate Taxation from a…
Deutsches oder globales Wirtschaftswunder
Though long de-mystified by economic history literature, the idea of a German “economic miracle” of the 1950s occasionally shows up in popular discourse, propelled by political motivation. The article starts with a brief summary of older arguments for reconstruction as opposed to a structural break having caused economic recovery. It then addresses the more recent discussion on the continuation of the economic order after 1945. Both debates, howe…
«Seitenwechsel» – Unternehmer in der Politik und Politiker in der Wirtschaft. Eine Einleitung
Article «Seitenwechsel» – Unternehmer in der Politik und Politiker in der Wirtschaft. Eine Einleitung was published on September 30, 2023 in the journal Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte (volume 68, issue 2)
Vom Röhren-Manager zum Verteidigungs-Staatssekretär und zurück
Ernst Wolf Mommsen (1910–1979) was one of the best-known steel managers of the old German Federal Republic. In 1970 he was recruited as an under-secretary of state by the Federal Ministry of Defence with responsibility for armaments and procurement and returned to industry in 1973 as Chairman of Friedrich Krupp GmbH. Based on extensive archival research, the article examines the background to this twofold switch through the «revolving door». The …
Erinnerungen an Thomas Welskopp (1961–2021)
Deutschland 1871
Kurz nach der Gründung des ersten deutschen Nationalstaats 1871 trat die deutsche Wirtschaft in die Ära des modernen Wirtschaftswachstums ein. Dennoch ist bisher kaum erforscht, ob und auf welche Weise die Nationalstaatsbildung die wirtschaftliche Dynamik beeinflusst hat. In diesem Band gehen zwanzig Autorinnen und Autoren diesen Zusammenhängen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven nach und ordnen sie in den europäischen Kontext ein. Somit wird ein …
Der Wirtschaftshistorische Ausschuss des Vereins für Socialpolitik
The Economic History Committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik was founded 70 years ago as the first interest group for economic and social history in Germany. As did its five counterparts of other subfields in economics, the committee aimed at intensifying academic exchange in this field. Furthermore, it served as a lobby organisation for the discipline in the fast changing politics of higher education in Germany. It therefore can be considered …
Moderner Kapitalismus
Wohlstand für Massen, Bevölkerungswachstum, technischer Fortschritt in Industrie und Landwirtschaft, aber auch Umweltzerstörung, soziale Ungleichheit und Krieg werden in der jüngeren Diskussion wieder häufiger mit dem Begriff des Kapitalismus verbunden. Der »Moderne Kapitalismus« habe in einer längeren Transformation seit 400 Jahren zu einer vollkommen neuen Organisation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft geführt, die das Bevölkerungswachstum überha…
Moderner Kapitalismus
Wohlstand für Massen, Bevölkerungswachstum, technischer Fortschritt in Industrie und Landwirtschaft, aber auch Umweltzerstörung, soziale Ungleichheit und Krieg werden in der jüngeren Diskussion wieder häufiger mit dem Begriff des Kapitalismus verbunden. Der "Moderne Kapitalismus" habe in einer längeren Transformation seit 400 Jahren zu einer vollkommen neuen Organisation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft geführt, die das Bevölkerungswachstum überha…
The German Textile Puzzle
As in other countries, textile and apparel production in Germany is considered a victim of globalization. Domestic production and employment declined dramatically after its postwar peak in the late 1950s. Research has often attributed this trajectory to the trade liberalization policy of the German governments. However, this interpretation is puzzling. German trade policy was not as liberal as is claimed, nor did the industry disappear. This arti…
The Contradictions of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
It's not about money, it's about sending a message.«#u#1#e#
On the stability of open access orders
New “fundamental laws of capitalism”. Thomas Piketty and Economic History
German University Professors’ salaries in the 20th Century. A Relative Income Approach
This article presents a new estimate for the income of German university professors in the 20th century, using university archives as its main source. With these figures we reject the decline-perspective that has been predominant in the literature, influenced especially by Fritz K. Ringer’s book. We compare the professors’ salaries to those in leading occupations in private business, as well as state bureaucracy and find that relative income leve…
Inequality, Well-Being and Happiness in Historical Perspective
Happiness research is a comparably new field of economics. Until Richard Easterlin’s seminal contribution published in 1974, most economists believed there to be a clear and positive correlation between the material standard of living and subjective well-being (or happiness). Economic happiness research has found that, although income matters, inequality, other economic and non-economic factors also play an important role in subjective well-being…
Ökonomischer Strukturwandel
The article suggests that the concepts of economic structure and structural change were historically strongly committed to Jean Fourastié’s idea of economic sectors. The obsession with Fourastié’s ideas fuelled many lasting errors in our understanding of long-term change in economic structures, and was largely at the expense of other concepts. The article aims to uncover the misleading interpretation of the Fourastié-approach and to survey altern…
Co-operatives in Germany in the 20th Century
Cet article présente une vue d’ensemble du développement des coopératives en Allemagne au XX e siècle. Alors que les coopératives font aujourd’hui partie du « secteur non lucratif » dans ce pays, elles peuvent être considérées comme des « précurseurs » de ce secteur. Cet article se concentre en particulier sur le secteur des coopératives de consommation et du logement. Il montre l’évolution du secteur et sa capacité d’adaptation aux conditions éc…
Der Staat unter der Aufsicht des Marktes« - Michel Foucaults Lektüren des Ordoliberalismus
Hochschulreformgeschichte als Disziplingeschichte - Das Beispiel der Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Komplementarität in der Konsumgesellschaft. Geschichte eines wirtschaftstheoretischen Konzepts
Article Komplementarität in der Konsumgesellschaft. Geschichte eines wirtschaftstheoretischen Konzepts was published on December 1, 2007 in the journal Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook (volume 48, issue 2)
Some Relationships between a Scholar's and an Entrepreneur's Life
Research Article| December 01 2007 Some Relationships between a Scholar's and an Entrepreneur's Life: The Biography of L. Albert Hahn Jan-Otmar Hesse Jan-Otmar Hesse Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2007) 39 (Suppl_1): 215–233. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-2006-046 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twit…
The German Textile Puzzle
As in other countries, textile and apparel production in Germany is considered a victim of globalization. Domestic production and employment declined dramatically after its postwar peak in the late 1950s. Research has often attributed this trajectory to the trade liberalization policy of the German governments. However, this interpretation is puzzling. German trade policy was not as liberal as is claimed, nor did the industry disappear. This arti…
Ökonomischer Strukturwandel
The article suggests that the concepts of economic structure and structural change were historically strongly committed to Jean Fourastié’s idea of economic sectors. The obsession with Fourastié’s ideas fuelled many lasting errors in our understanding of long-term change in economic structures, and was largely at the expense of other concepts. The article aims to uncover the misleading interpretation of the Fourastié-approach and to survey altern…
Some Relationships between a Scholar's and an Entrepreneur's Life
Research Article| December 01 2007 Some Relationships between a Scholar's and an Entrepreneur's Life: The Biography of L. Albert Hahn Jan-Otmar Hesse Jan-Otmar Hesse Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2007) 39 (Suppl_1): 215–233. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-2006-046 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twit…
Der Staat unter der Aufsicht des Marktes« - Michel Foucaults Lektüren des Ordoliberalismus
Hochschulreformgeschichte als Disziplingeschichte - Das Beispiel der Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Komplementarität in der Konsumgesellschaft. Geschichte eines wirtschaftstheoretischen Konzepts
Article Komplementarität in der Konsumgesellschaft. Geschichte eines wirtschaftstheoretischen Konzepts was published on December 1, 2007 in the journal Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook (volume 48, issue 2)
Some Relationships between a Scholar's and an Entrepreneur's Life
Research Article| December 01 2007 Some Relationships between a Scholar's and an Entrepreneur's Life: The Biography of L. Albert Hahn Jan-Otmar Hesse Jan-Otmar Hesse Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2007) 39 (Suppl_1): 215–233. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-2006-046 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twit…
Co-operatives in Germany in the 20th Century
Cet article présente une vue d’ensemble du développement des coopératives en Allemagne au XX e siècle. Alors que les coopératives font aujourd’hui partie du « secteur non lucratif » dans ce pays, elles peuvent être considérées comme des « précurseurs » de ce secteur. Cet article se concentre en particulier sur le secteur des coopératives de consommation et du logement. Il montre l’évolution du secteur et sa capacité d’adaptation aux conditions éc…
German University Professors’ salaries in the 20th Century. A Relative Income Approach
This article presents a new estimate for the income of German university professors in the 20th century, using university archives as its main source. With these figures we reject the decline-perspective that has been predominant in the literature, influenced especially by Fritz K. Ringer’s book. We compare the professors’ salaries to those in leading occupations in private business, as well as state bureaucracy and find that relative income leve…
Inequality, Well-Being and Happiness in Historical Perspective
Happiness research is a comparably new field of economics. Until Richard Easterlin’s seminal contribution published in 1974, most economists believed there to be a clear and positive correlation between the material standard of living and subjective well-being (or happiness). Economic happiness research has found that, although income matters, inequality, other economic and non-economic factors also play an important role in subjective well-being…
Ökonomischer Strukturwandel
The article suggests that the concepts of economic structure and structural change were historically strongly committed to Jean Fourastié’s idea of economic sectors. The obsession with Fourastié’s ideas fuelled many lasting errors in our understanding of long-term change in economic structures, and was largely at the expense of other concepts. The article aims to uncover the misleading interpretation of the Fourastié-approach and to survey altern…
It's not about money, it's about sending a message.«#u#1#e#
On the stability of open access orders
New “fundamental laws of capitalism”. Thomas Piketty and Economic History
The Contradictions of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Moderner Kapitalismus
Wohlstand für Massen, Bevölkerungswachstum, technischer Fortschritt in Industrie und Landwirtschaft, aber auch Umweltzerstörung, soziale Ungleichheit und Krieg werden in der jüngeren Diskussion wieder häufiger mit dem Begriff des Kapitalismus verbunden. Der »Moderne Kapitalismus« habe in einer längeren Transformation seit 400 Jahren zu einer vollkommen neuen Organisation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft geführt, die das Bevölkerungswachstum überha…
Moderner Kapitalismus
Wohlstand für Massen, Bevölkerungswachstum, technischer Fortschritt in Industrie und Landwirtschaft, aber auch Umweltzerstörung, soziale Ungleichheit und Krieg werden in der jüngeren Diskussion wieder häufiger mit dem Begriff des Kapitalismus verbunden. Der "Moderne Kapitalismus" habe in einer längeren Transformation seit 400 Jahren zu einer vollkommen neuen Organisation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft geführt, die das Bevölkerungswachstum überha…
The German Textile Puzzle
As in other countries, textile and apparel production in Germany is considered a victim of globalization. Domestic production and employment declined dramatically after its postwar peak in the late 1950s. Research has often attributed this trajectory to the trade liberalization policy of the German governments. However, this interpretation is puzzling. German trade policy was not as liberal as is claimed, nor did the industry disappear. This arti…
Der Wirtschaftshistorische Ausschuss des Vereins für Socialpolitik
The Economic History Committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik was founded 70 years ago as the first interest group for economic and social history in Germany. As did its five counterparts of other subfields in economics, the committee aimed at intensifying academic exchange in this field. Furthermore, it served as a lobby organisation for the discipline in the fast changing politics of higher education in Germany. It therefore can be considered …
Deutschland 1871
Kurz nach der Gründung des ersten deutschen Nationalstaats 1871 trat die deutsche Wirtschaft in die Ära des modernen Wirtschaftswachstums ein. Dennoch ist bisher kaum erforscht, ob und auf welche Weise die Nationalstaatsbildung die wirtschaftliche Dynamik beeinflusst hat. In diesem Band gehen zwanzig Autorinnen und Autoren diesen Zusammenhängen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven nach und ordnen sie in den europäischen Kontext ein. Somit wird ein …
Erinnerungen an Thomas Welskopp (1961–2021)
«Seitenwechsel» – Unternehmer in der Politik und Politiker in der Wirtschaft. Eine Einleitung
Article «Seitenwechsel» – Unternehmer in der Politik und Politiker in der Wirtschaft. Eine Einleitung was published on September 30, 2023 in the journal Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte (volume 68, issue 2)
Vom Röhren-Manager zum Verteidigungs-Staatssekretär und zurück
Ernst Wolf Mommsen (1910–1979) was one of the best-known steel managers of the old German Federal Republic. In 1970 he was recruited as an under-secretary of state by the Federal Ministry of Defence with responsibility for armaments and procurement and returned to industry in 1973 as Chairman of Friedrich Krupp GmbH. Based on extensive archival research, the article examines the background to this twofold switch through the «revolving door». The …
Kobolde, Paradiese und Oasen. Die geheimnisvolleWelt derUnternehmensbesteuerung aus globalhistorischer Perspektive / Leprechauns, Paradises and Oases. The Mysterious World of Corporate Taxation from a…
Deutsches oder globales Wirtschaftswunder
Though long de-mystified by economic history literature, the idea of a German “economic miracle” of the 1950s occasionally shows up in popular discourse, propelled by political motivation. The article starts with a brief summary of older arguments for reconstruction as opposed to a structural break having caused economic recovery. It then addresses the more recent discussion on the continuation of the economic order after 1945. Both debates, howe…
Practicing a «dark art»
The globalisation of German industry after the Bretton Woods collapse
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