Hans Singer

Sir Hans Singer
Sir Hans Singer
Born	Hans Wolfgang Singer; 29 November 1910; Elberfeld, German Empire
Died	26 February 2006 (aged 95); Brighton, England
Nationality	British; German;
Spouse	Ilse Plaut (m. 1933; died 2001)
Scholarly background
Alma mater	University of Bonn; King's College, Cambridge;
Academic advisors	Colin Clark; Joseph Schumpeter; Arthur Spiethoff;
Influences	John Maynard Keynes; William Temple;
Scholarly work
Discipline	Economics
Sub-discipline	Development economics
School or tradition	Structuralist economics
Institutions	United Nations; University of Sussex;
Notable ideas	Prebisch–Singer thesis
Influenced	Rudolf Meidner

Sir Hans Wolfgang Singer (29 November 1910 – 26 February 2006) was a German-born British development economist best known for the Prebisch-Singer thesis, which states that the terms of trade move against producers of primary products. He is one of the primary figures of heterodox economics.

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