Original scientific paper
ARTUR BENKO GRADO (1875-1946) The forgotten statistician and economist
Vladimir Stipetić
; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In the paper, the author studies the writing on economics by Artur Benko Grado (1875-1946), the statistician and economist whose significant work has been forgotten. This liberal intellectual and economist published the first statistical-economic magazine in Croatia, which was being issued in Zagreb from 1929 to 1941 under the title of “Indeks “. It carried the author’s calculations of yearly and quarterly employment rates, calculations of rental fees, ofprices and cost of living, social circumstances and other relevant phenomena. On the basis of these calculations he created time series on economic circumstances in Croatia of the time (the time marked by the Great Depression!!), which were compatible with thedte collected in other countries.
This was the foundation for modern economic statistics in Croatia. At the time between the two world wars, Benko Grado’s analyses were widely used, but today his findings areforgotten. The autor advocates that Grado’s writings on economics, which are today of special importance when explorirng Croatian economic history, be studied more closely.
Keywords
Economic history; social-econimic review “Indeks “; economic statistics; analysis; laissez-faire; economic and social circumstances
Hrčak ID:
103601
URI
Publication date:
20.6.2003.
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