Was an economist, one of the founders of non-market economics, and the founder of journalism as an academic discipline.
Education
Attended a private preparatory school with a Pastor in nearby Dauborn and 1863–1866 the Catholic Gymnasium in Hadamar, where he was primus omnium. A former teacher of Bücher's recommended he attend university and, after much discussion, Bücher's parents finally consented.
Bücher studied at the University of Bonn (also part of Prussia), concentrating on History and Classics, with the aim to become a Gymnasium teacher.
Career
Worked as a tutor and teacher of high school, and from 1878 to 1880 was editor of the Economic and Social Policy in the newspaper «Frankfurter Zeitung».
In 1881 - docent of political economy and statistics in Munich.
In the summer of 1882 - professor of statistics at the University of Dorpat.
In the autumn of 1883, Karl Bucher received the chair of political economy and finance at the University of Basel.
1890 he became a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of National Economy in Karlsruhe.
Two years later, in 1892, Charles Bucher became professor of the national economy in the philosophy department of the University of Leipzig, and held this position until 1921.
In 1902-1903 he was appointed as a dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, and in 1903-1904 - Rector of the University of Leipzig