Nikolaus Kopernikus hat nicht nur das Modell des Sonnensystems und des Universums revolutioniert, sondern formulierte auch die Quantitätstheorie des Geldes.
Der Universalgeleherte wurde in Torun (Thorn) in Preußen, Polen, geboren unter anderem als Domherr, Astronom und Arzt tätig.
Bekannt ist Kopernikus vor allem für sein 1543 veröffentlichtes und gedrucktes Hauptwerk "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium", das die damalige vorherrschende Weltanschauung, die Erde sei das Zentrum des Sonnensystems und des Universums, auf den Kopf stellte.
Kopernikus zeigte, dass sich die Planeten einschließlich der Erde um die Sonne bewegen und nicht umgekehrt. Für viele Gläubige und Gelehrte war das eine heftige Erkenntnis, die nicht alle akzeptieren wollten. Jahrzehnte später führte das zur Verfolgung und Verurteilung von Galileo Galilei, der Kopernikus Arbeit fortsetzte und weiter stützte. Die Kirche konnte mit dieser dramatischen Veränderung der Weltanschauung nicht umgehen und setzte auf Repression statt Aufklärung. Letztendlich war es ein Machtkampf um die Deutungshoheit des bis dahin vorwiegend auf Glauben, Aberglauben und Magie basierten vorherrschenden Weltbilds.
Eine weniger bekannter aber ebenfalls sehr wichtiger Beitrag von Kopernikus war die Formulierung der Quantitätstheorie, die heute noch von vielen Keynes-Ökonomen vehement abgelehnt und sogar geleugnet wird.
Kopernikus zeigte, dass das generelle Preis-Level von Waren und Dienstleistungen hauptsächlich von der im Umlauf befindlichen Geldmenge abhänge und nicht so wie heute viele Keynes-Ökonomen behaupten rein von der Gier der Unternehmen.
Verdoppelte sich die Geldmenge, würden sich in Folge auch die Preise verdoppeln.
Im Grunde ist das die wahre Ursache, warum Fiat-Währungen langfristig ihren Wert verlieren. Das hat Kopernikus bereits im 16. Jahrhundert erkannt.
Gelddrucken war schon immer ein Problem.
Was sagt ihr dazu? Habt ihr gewusst, dass Kopernikus auch einen Beitrag zur Geldtheorie geleistet hat? Warum lehnen auch heute noch so viele Keynes-Ökonomen die Quantitätstheorie ab?
Nicolaus Copernicus monument in Warsaw, Poland
Thorvaldsen's Copernicus Monument in front the Polish Academy of Sciences on Warsaw's Krakowskie Przedmieście
English
Nicolaus Copernicus not only revolutionized the model of the solar system and the universe, but also formulated the quantity theory of money.
The polymath was born in Torun (Thorn) in Royal Prussia, Poland, and worked as a canon, astronomer, and physician, among other things.
Copernicus is best known for his magnum opus “De revolutionibus orbium coelestium,” published and printed in 1543, which turned the prevailing worldview of the time—that the Earth was the center of the solar system and the universe—on its head.
Copernicus showed that the planets, including Earth, move around the sun and not vice versa. For many believers and scholars, this was a shocking revelation that not everyone was willing to accept. Decades later, this led to the persecution and condemnation of Galileo Galilei, who continued and further supported Copernicus' work. The Church was unable to cope with this dramatic change in worldview and resorted to repression instead of enlightenment. Ultimately, it was a power struggle for interpretive authority over the prevailing worldview, which until then had been based predominantly on faith, superstition, and magic.
A lesser-known but equally important contribution by Copernicus was the formulation of the quantity theory, which is still vehemently rejected and even denied by many Keynesian economists today.
Copernicus showed that the general price level of goods and services depends mainly on the amount of money in circulation and not, as many Keynesian economists claim today, purely on the greed of companies.
If the money supply doubled, prices would also double as a result.
This is basically the real reason why fiat currencies lose their value in the long term. Copernicus already recognized this in the 16th century.
Money printing has always been a problem.
What do you think? Did you know that Copernicus also contributed to monetary theory? Why do so many Keynesian economists still reject the quantity theory today?
Dann weiß ich das auch mal
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Nice! I learned something new today.
Copernico was a great man, he deserved for sure a better time in history to be born
Copernicus money theory is a correct one as there's a direct connection between the supply of money in any given society and the price of goods in the same. Such a shame not all economic models can't be subjected to experimentation to prove their validity, like theories in physics or chemistry, otherwise there wouldn't be a shed of doubt as to the true nature of Copernicus's theory.
I believe that the same source that inspired Copernicus to state that the planets move around the sun is the same source that inspired him to state the quantity theory. And since the first theory is correct, and no more in doubt, so will all come to the realization that his quantity theory is correct, including Keynesian economics. It's a matter of time.
Totally agree.
Interessant, den Aspekt kannte ich noch nicht.
Excellent text! I have just one small correction. Copernicus was not born in Preussen, but in Poland. Toruń (Thorn) was part of the State of the Teutonic Order until 1454. From 1454 until 1793, it was part of Poland.
Correct, according to Wikipedia, Copernicus was born and died in Royal Prussia, a semiautonomous and multilingual region created within the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. So it was sort of an autonomous region of Poland, therefore the monument in Warsaw.
That's the ideology behind economy imo ;)
I didn't know about him before, and I think they reject it because it doesn't match what they believe.
Nicolaus Copernicus has a lot of contribution not only on science but also on other fields
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