Hans Singer
Sir Hans Singer | |
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| Born | Hans Wolfgang Singer 29 November 1910 |
| Died | 26 February 2006 (aged 95) Brighton, England |
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| Spouse |
Ilse Plaut
(m. 1933; died 2001) |
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| Discipline | Economics |
| Sub-discipline | Development economics |
| School or tradition | Structuralist economics |
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| Notable ideas | Prebisch–Singer thesis |
| Influenced | Rudolf Meidner |
Sir Hans Wolfgang Singer (29 November 1910 – 26 February 2006) was a German-born British development economist best known for the Prebisch-Singer thesis, which states that the terms of trade move against producers of primary products. He is one of the primary figures of heterodox economics.