Edith Hirsch (economist)

Edith Jarislowsky Hirsch
Born (1899-11-02)2 November 1899
Berlin, Germany
Died 7 January 2003(2003-01-07) (aged 103)
Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.[1]
Spouse(s) Julius Hirsch
Field Commodities economics
Alma mater University of Heidelberg

Edith Jarislowsky Hirsch (2 November 1899 – 7 January 2003[1]) was a commodities economist who worked as a consultant with her husband, Julius Hirsch, and published several papers after his death. She also taught at the New School for Social Research.

Biography

Edith Hirsch was born in Berlin, Germany to Adolph and Flora Jarislowsky.[2] She was the third of five siblings.[3] Hirsch received a bachelor's degree from the University of Heidelberg in 1925.[1] She met Julius Hirsch at the childhood home of Albert Einstein's wife, who was a good friend of her mother.[2] They married in 1927 and their only child was born in 1928.[2] In 1933, they emigrated to Copenhagen, and in 1941 they moved to the United States.[3] Hirsch earned a master's degree in social science in 1943 at the New School for Social Research in New York.[1] She and her husband taught at the school throughout the 1940s and 50s.[4] She worked as a consultant for many companies with her husband. In 1961, Julius Hirsch died and Edith closed their consulting firm,[1] although she continued publishing papers.[5] She continued working into her later years. She moved to Washington in 1989 and died on January 7, 2003.[1]

Published work

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Hirsches made several economic forecasts for the United States Department of Agriculture and for newspapers. Edith sometimes had to publish under Julius's name.[1] These predictions involved fiscal expenditure forecasts,[6] food price forecasts[7] and surplus and deficiency forecasts.[8][9] In 1965, Hirsch helped George Tietz edit his family's memoirs of owning the Hermann Tietz supermarket chain.[10] After her husband's death, Edith continued working, publishing many works including Food Supplies in the Aftermath of World War II in 1993 [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Edith Hirsch, 103, Commodities Economist". New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Schlottmann, Kevin. "Guide to the Julius and Edith Hirsch Collection". Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative. Leon Levy Foundation. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 Hirsch, Edith. "Family History". Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative. Leon Levy Foundation. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "To Offer Economics Courses". New York Times. January 26, 1952.
  5. ↑ WorldCat. "Hermann Tietz : Geschichte einer Familie und ihrer Warenhäuser". WorldCat. OCLC. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Schneider, Lou (June 2, 1950). "Senate to Write Tax Bill". The Miami News. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Lissner, Will (December 25, 1951). "Cut in Beef Prices in Prospect in 1952". New York Times. ,
  8. ↑ Lissner, Will (June 6, 1948). "World Surplus of Grains Indicated for '48–'49 Crops". New York Times.
  9. ↑ Moley, Raymond (Jan 25, 1949). "World Monetary Systems In Need of Some Reform". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Lokaiczyk, Robert. "Hermann Tietz". Book Info. Dr. Robert Lokaiczyk.
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