Projects / Programmes
A Survey of Work and Theoretical Thought of Three Slovenian Economists from 1920 - 1984: Aleksander Bilimovič, Ciril Žebot, Ljubo Sirc.
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.02.01 |
Social sciences |
Economics |
Economy sciences |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| H130 |
Humanities |
History of philosophy |
| H250 |
Humanities |
Contemporary history (since 1914) |
| H270 |
Humanities |
Social and economic history |
| H271 |
Humanities |
Political history |
| S180 |
Social sciences |
Economics, econometrics, economic theory, economic systems, economic policy |
| S183 |
Social sciences |
Cyclical economics |
| S184 |
Social sciences |
Economic planning |
| S196 |
Social sciences |
Social economics |
The Slovenian History of 20. Century, Economics, History of Economic Thought, Socialism, Capitalism, Liberalism, Corporativism
Researchers (4)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The research will follow the lives and work of three Slovenian dissident economists:
Aleksander Bilimovič, a Professor of Political Economy and Statistics at the University of Kiev, emigrated to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians in 1920, and got professorship of National Economy at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. In addition to his pedagogical work, he wrote a series of excellent papers here in the years during the war that were published in Slovene, as well as foreign publications. With them, he helped establish the young University of Ljubljana internationally. Professor Bilimovič was a member of Econometric Society and regularly exchanged letters with one of the most important and renowned economists of the 20th century, Friedrich Hayek, who, paradoxically, was better known in Slovenia than Bilimovič himself, since his book The Road to Serfdom was translated into Slovenian. After the World War II, Bilimovič moved to the USA, and his work was generally forgotten.
Ciril Žebot, Doctor of Laws, specialized in economical issues and published his first book, Korporativno narodno gospodarstvo (Corporative National Economy), the result of his research in Milan in 1939. After returning to Yugoslavia, he became a docent at Ljubljana's Faculty of Law. After Italy's capitulation, he moved to Rome and later to the USA. He was invited to work as an editor of "Review of Social Economy" there, and he also wrote articles for Freiburg University's "Politeia" and Milan University's "Rivista Internazionale di scienze sociali" publications. After getting professorship at Georgetown University, he published two very resounding books; The Economics of Competitive Coexistence, and, as a co-author, Laissez-faire Pluralism. In his productive scientific and academic life, his articles were also published in "Wall Street Journal", "New York Times", and "Washington Post". He was a member of American Economic Society, Catholic Economic Society, and Society for Comparative Economic Studies. In Slovenia, however, Žabot's work was unknown, even forbidden.
Ljubo Sirc, Doctor of Economics, graduated at Ljubljana's Faculty of Law, was a member of Yugoslav resistance movement, and, because of contacts with Western allies, sentenced to death under the communist regime. His sentence was later reduced to 20 years in prison, where he actually spent 7 years. After moving to England, he got his Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow, and became a Professor of Economical Theory there. In 1980s, he was one of the world's leading experts for the study of communist economic systems. In 1984, he founded the Centre for Research into Communist Economies in London. Professor Sirc was a member of Mount Pelerin Society, a liberal economical association.
