author
Theodor Hertzka
1845–1924
A sharp-eyed journalist and economist, he is best remembered for imagining a freer, fairer society in his utopian novel Freeland. His work sits at the crossroads of politics, economics, and social dreaming in late 19th-century Central Europe.
3 Audiobooks
Freeland: A Social Anticipation
by Theodor Hertzka
Eine Reise nach Freiland
by Theodor Hertzka
Freiland: Ein sociales Zukunftsbild
by Theodor Hertzka
About the author
Born in Budapest on July 13, 1845, Theodor Hertzka was a Hungarian-born Austrian economist, journalist, and writer. He studied in Vienna and Budapest, then built his reputation through economic and political journalism in Vienna.
Hertzka worked for the Neue Freie Presse and later founded the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung. He argued strongly for free trade and took a lively interest in social reform, especially questions of land, labor, and economic organization.
Today he is most often remembered for Freeland: A Social Anticipation (1890), a utopian novel that imagined a cooperative society in East Africa. The book gave literary form to his economic ideas and helped make him a notable voice in debates about how modern society might be organized. He died in Wiesbaden on October 22, 1924.