Background
RAU, Karl Heinrich was born in 1792 in Germany.
RAU, Karl Heinrich was born in 1792 in Germany.
The author of the most successful mid-nineteenth-century textbook of economics in Germany. The 3-volume treatment (economic laws, economic policy and public finance) exercised a lasting influence on the structure of German economics teaching. Following the success of the Historical School, his emphasis on classical economic principles caused his reputation to decline.
Professor, University Erlangen, 1816-1822, University Heidelberg, 1822.