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Johann Friedrich Pfeiffer, 1718-1787.

German Neo-Cameralist, critic of Physiocracy.

Of Swiss extraction, Johann Friedrich Pfeiffer was born in Berlin and entered military service in the Prussian army, and subsequently became an official in the court of Frederick II the Great, making a name for himself as an cameralist expert.  Accusations of fraud led to his departure, and after some time in England, returned to Germany, taking up posts in Wurttemberg, and Hanau, working on a variety of projects.  He was highly critical of Physiocracy, which was spreading to Germany, and wrote a vigorous attack on the Physiocratic system in 1780.

Towards the end of his life, Pfeiffer was appointed the first professor of cameralistics at the University of Mainz in 1782.

 

  

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Major Works of Johann Friedrich Pfeiffer

  • Von dem Verfasser des Lehrbegrifs sämtlicher Oekonomischer- und Cameralwissenschaften, 1770-78
  • Der Antiphysiocrat: oder, umständliche Untersuchung des sogenannten physiocratischen Systems vermöge welchem eine allgemeine Freiheit, und einzige Auflage, auf den reinen Ertrag der Grundstücke, die Glückseligkeit aller Staaten ausmachen soll, 1780 [bk]

 
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Resources on  Johann Friedrich Pfeiffer

  • "Pfeiffer, J.F." in C. Coquelin and G.U. Guillaumin, editors, 1852, Dictionnaire de l'économie politique [1864 ed.]
  • "Pfeiffer, J.F"  in R.H. Inglis Palgrave, editor, 1894-1899, Dictionary of Political Economy [1918 ed.]
  • Wikipedia 

 

 
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