Education
Between 1884 and 1887 Kārlis studied theology at the University of Tartu. In 1891 and 1892, he studied geography at the University of Jena.
economist politician statistician university professor
Between 1884 and 1887 Kārlis studied theology at the University of Tartu. In 1891 and 1892, he studied geography at the University of Jena.
Most notably, he is the author of civilian rationing, which was first used in Germany during the First World War. In 1888, he was sent to Brazil to work as a Lutheran minister. Between 1893 and 1895, he worked as a minister in the Ural Mountains region, and wrote his first researches on demography and statistics.
In 1895, he started studying economics at the University of Munich.
After 1899, Balodis worked as an associate professor at the University of Berlin. In 1905, he became an employee of Prussian Statistics Office, and in 1908, he started work at the German Federal Ministry of Finance.
In 1918 he became the first chairman of the Pro Palestinian Committee. In 1919, he worked on the civilian rationing system.
After the war Balodis returned to Latvia, where he became a professor at the University of Latvia.
Balodis was also known as after he adopted the name Atlanticus from Francis Bacon"s book Nova Atlantis (1627).
Under this name he published the utopian book Der Zukunftsstaat: Produktion und Konsum im Sozialstaat (The Future State: Production and Consumption in the Socialist State) in 1898.
In 1928, he became a member of the Parliament of Latvia.