Re Allin's 4269: What you found is in a short bio of Bort. published by one Anderson when he died. I don't have the reference right now. It's also in the Italian edition of his works. He also worked in radiation related problems. I recall also that Keynes mention him in the Treatise on Probability and Kurz & Salvadori (I think) say that Bort. supervised Leontief PhD, and he was not so happy with the result! I don't remember why. But the most interesting point would be as you say, "his politics". By the way, I have a picture of Bort. which, I think I posted on this list, did I? Alejandro Ramos >I tried a web search (substitute for real research!) and came up >with a few little snippets. Bortkiewicz was apparently a more >than competent statistician: his name appears in numerous >statistical bibliographies, and he is credited with the first >use of the word "stochastic" in its modern sense (in his Die >Iterationem, 1917). He's also known as a critic of >Bohm-Bawerk's theory of interest, and as an analyst of the >Weimar hyperinflation. I haven't found any account of his >politics. > >Allin Cottrell. > >
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