Edith Hirsch (economist)

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Edith Jarislowsky Hirsch
Born(1899-11-02)2 November 1899
Berlin, Germany
Died7 January 2003(2003-01-07) (aged 103)
Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., United States[1]
SpouseJulius Hirsch
Academic career
FieldCommodities economics
Alma materUniversity 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Edith Hirsch, 103, Commodities Economist". New York Times. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Schlottmann, Kevin. "Guide to the Julius and Edith Hirsch Collection". Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative. Leon Levy Foundation. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b 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. OCLC. OCLC 776581086. Retrieved 29 March 2015 – via WorldCat.
  6. ^ Schneider, Lou (June 2, 1950). "Senate to Write Tax Bill". The Miami News. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. 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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