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Heinz Wolfgang Arndt (26 February 1915 - 6 May 2002) was an Australian economist. ==Biography== Heinz Wolfgang Arndt was born in Breslau, Germany in 1915, the eldest son of Fritz Georg Arndt (1885-1969) and Julia (née Heimann). Arndt gained two degrees at Oxford and taught at the London School of Economics and Manchester University before settling in Australia in 1946. In 1950, he took up a chairmanship in economics at the then Canberra University College. He became head of the department at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) at the Australian National University (ANU) in 1963. He held this position until retiring in 1980. One of his main activities as head of the department was his establishment and management of the Indonesia Project which sponsors research on the Indonesian economy. As part of his activities with the Indonesia Project he established the academic journal ''Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES)''.〔'Heinz Arndt: An Appreciation', ''Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies'', 38(2), 163-176.〕 Arndt died in a car crash in Canberra in May 2002.〔(Distinguished economics professor dies in crash ) ''The Age'', May 7, 2002〕 He was on his way to attend the funeral of his close friend Sir Leslie Melville, at which he was to deliver a eulogy.〔(ANU Archives ); Retrieved 18 September 2013〕 Arndt was President of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and President of Section G (Economics) of ANZAAS. He wrote or co-wrote seven books, edited two collections of articles by various authors on the Australian economy, published six collections of his own essays, and produced more than a hundred articles, reports, book reviews and published lectures. He also acted as an adviser on various occasions to international inquiries and committees. In 1979 he was appointed as chair of group of experts to prepare a study for the Commonwealth on factors restraining global economic growth at the beginning of the 1980s.〔Australian Prime Minister, media release, '(Professor Arndt to chair Commonwealth Group of Experts' ), 9 December 1979. The report was published as ''The World Economic Crisis: A Commonwealth Perspective'', 1980.〕 Arndt was also editor of the magazine ''Quadrant''.〔(Heinz Wolfgang Arndt 1915-2002 from Weimar to Quadrant. (Tribute).(Obituary) ) July 1, 2002, ''Quadrant''〕 Arndt had three children, Christopher, Nicholas and well known sex therapist Bettina Arndt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heinz Arndt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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