Friedrich List

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economist human journalist politician university professor

Friedrich List was a 19th-century German economist best known for his advocacy of national economic development and protectionist policies against free trade.

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Label	Occurrences
Friedrich List canonical	9

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2071499 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Friedrich List
Context triple: [University of Tübingen, hasNotableAlumnus, Friedrich List]

A. Friedrich von Wieser
Friedrich von Wieser was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School known for his work on marginal utility, opportunity cost, and the theory of imputation.
B. Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist renowned for his influential work on capital and interest theory and as a leading figure of the Austrian School of economics.
C. Carl Menger
Carl Menger was an Austrian economist and founder of the Austrian School, best known for developing the theory of marginal utility and subjective value.
D. Walter Eucken
Walter Eucken was a German economist and leading figure of the Freiburg School whose ideas laid the intellectual foundation for the postwar German social market economy.
E. Gustav Heckscher
Gustav Heckscher was a prominent member of the influential Heckscher family, known for his role in business and public life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Friedrich List
Target entity description: Friedrich List was a 19th-century German economist best known for his advocacy of national economic development and protectionist policies against free trade.

A. Friedrich von Wieser
Friedrich von Wieser was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School known for his work on marginal utility, opportunity cost, and the theory of imputation.
B. Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist renowned for his influential work on capital and interest theory and as a leading figure of the Austrian School of economics.
C. Carl Menger
Carl Menger was an Austrian economist and founder of the Austrian School, best known for developing the theory of marginal utility and subjective value.
D. Walter Eucken
Walter Eucken was a German economist and leading figure of the Freiburg School whose ideas laid the intellectual foundation for the postwar German social market economy.
E. Gustav Heckscher
Gustav Heckscher was a prominent member of the influential Heckscher family, known for his role in business and public life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economist ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ politician ⓘ university professor ⓘ
advocated	customs union among German states ⓘ railway development in Germany ⓘ state support for industrialization ⓘ
birthDate	1789-08-06 ⓘ
birthPlace	Duchy of Württemberg ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Reutlingen ⓘ
causeOfDeath	suicide ⓘ
citizenship	German Confederation ⓘ Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
deathDate	1846-11-30 ⓘ
deathPlace	Austrian Empire ⓘ linked to: Austrian Habsburg Monarchy Kufstein ⓘ Tyrol ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Tübingen ⓘ
familyName	List ⓘ
fieldOfWork	economic policy ⓘ international trade theory ⓘ political economy ⓘ
givenName	Friedrich ⓘ Georg ⓘ
ideology	economic nationalism ⓘ protectionism ⓘ
influenced	East Asian developmental state strategies ⓘ German historical school of economics ⓘ development economics ⓘ economic nationalism in Germany ⓘ
influencedBy	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ German historical school of economics (early currents) ⓘ linked to: German historical school of economics
knownFor	advocacy of national economic development ⓘ critique of classical free trade theory ⓘ development of the national system of political economy ⓘ theory of infant industry protection ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
name	Friedrich List ⓘ
notableWork	The National System of Political Economy ⓘ
occupation	economist ⓘ journalist ⓘ politician ⓘ university professor ⓘ
originalTitle	Das nationale System der politischen Ökonomie ⓘ linked to: The National System of Political Economy
positionHeld	member of the Württemberg Chamber of Deputies ⓘ professor of political economy at the University of Tübingen ⓘ
publicationYearOfNotableWork	1841 ⓘ
theory	infant industry argument for temporary protection ⓘ national system of political economy ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Tübingen → hasNotableAlumnus → Friedrich List ⓘ

German Customs Union → significantFigure → Friedrich List ⓘ

German historical school of economics → associatedWith → Friedrich List ⓘ

Friedrich List → name → Friedrich List ⓘ

Kicking Away the Ladder → relatedPerson → Friedrich List ⓘ

Wilhelm Roscher → influencedBy → Friedrich List ⓘ

List → hasNotableBearer → Friedrich List ⓘ

The National System of Political Economy → author → Friedrich List ⓘ

subject linked to: List