Carl Menger

1840–1921 (age 81)

Biography

Carl Menger, a founding thinker of the Austrian School of economics, introduced enduring principles about value, exchange, and marginal utility that reshaped economic thought.

With a calm yet probing intellect, he taught generations of students and left a philosophical imprint that continues to guide scholars and public discourse, a quiet testament preserved at the Vienna Central Cemetery.

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