Ulrich van Suntum

Ulrich van Suntum (born 1954) is full professor of economics at the University of Münster in Germany. He has formely been secretary general of the German Council of Economic Advisors, as well as vice-leader of a small liberal-conservative party. He has published on varius topics in internationally renowned journals like Kyklos, Credit and Capital Markets, Journal of Housing Economics, and others. He is also author of the book "The invisible hand" and editor of the first English edition of Johann Heinrich von Thünen`s Isolated State, Part 3 (with a foreword by Paul Samuelson). His preferred research fields are capital theory, history of economic thought, and the business cycle. The author lives in a small village near Münster, together with his family and numerous pets. In his leisure time, he is an enthusiastic chessplayer and runner.