Quick Facts

• NAME: Friedrich List
• OCCUPATION: Economist, Journalist
• BIRTH DATE: August 06, 1789
• DEATH DATE: November 30, 1846
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Reutlingen, Germany
• PLACE OF DEATH: Kufstein, Austria

Best Known For

German economist Friedrich List believed tariffs on imported goods would stimulate the economy. He wrote The National System of Political Economy.