Bert F. Hoselitz, 1913-

Nascut la Viena, in a carei universitate studiaza dreptul si isi ia doctoratul, este un teoretician al dezvoltarii apartinand Scolii de la Chicago. Se concentreaza pe aspectele socio-institutionale ale dezvoltarii. Considera ca trebuie sa asocieze schimbul economic cu transformarea modurilor de comportament social. A elaborat o teorie a spiritului intreprinzator si a beneficiului. Este foarte cunoscut si influent ca profesor.

Lucrari

• "Socialist Planning amnd International Economic Relations", 1943, AER
• Economics of Military Occupation, with H.S. Bloch, 1944.
• The Progress of Underdeveloped Areas, 1952.
• "Non-Economic Barriers to Economic Development", 1952, EDCC
• "The Role of Cities in the Economic Growth of Underdeveloped Countries", 1953, JPE
• "Social Structure and Economic Growth", 1953, Economia Internazionale
• "Non-Economic Factors in Economic Development", 1957, AER
• Sociological Aspects of Economic Growth, 1960.
• "Tradition and Economic Growth", 1961, in Braibanti and Spengler, editors, Tradition, Values and Socio-Economic Development.
• "Entrepreneurship and Traditional Elites", 1963, Explorations in Entrepreneurial History