# Joop Klant > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joop_Klant > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joop_Klant.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joop_Klant > Source revision: 1332166460 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Dutch economist, novelist and professor Joop Klant, 1979 **Jacobus Johannes** (**Joop**) **Klant** (1 March 1915 in [Warmenhuizen](/source/Warmenhuizen) – 26 December 1994 in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam)) was a Dutch economist, [novelist](/source/Novelist) and professor of [political economy](/source/Political_economy) at the [University of Amsterdam](/source/University_of_Amsterdam). ## Biography His parents were Pieter Klant en Geertje de Moor. He studied economics at the [University of Amsterdam](/source/University_of_Amsterdam). In the late 1930s he broke off his studies to succeed his deceased father, who had been paymaster of the vegetable [auction](/source/Auction) in Warmenhuizen. Later in 1954 he completed his studies in economics. Again twenty years later in 1973, he published his PhD thesis entitled "*Spelregels voor Economen*" ("Rules for Economists"). This methodological treatise attracted much attention and was honored in 1978 with Kluwer Price.[*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*] After studying economics in Amsterdam, Klant worked as statistician at the National Office for Construction Material in Amsterdam. Just after the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) Klant left for South Africa, where he worked as statistician for eight years in [Pretoria](/source/Pretoria). Back in the Netherlands, he worked at the research centre of the Nederlandse Handelsmaatschappij, later [ABN](/source/ABN_AMRO_Group). In 1966 he became a lecturer and since 1975, he has been a professor of political economy at the University of Amsterdam. Klant was one of the founding members of the department for "History and Methodology of Economic Science", now the "History & Methodology of Economics" (HME) group. From 1966 until 1975 Klant was director of [SEO Economic Research](/source/SEO_Economic_Research) as successor of [Jacobus Franciscus Haccoû](/source/Jacobus_Franciscus_Hacco%C3%BB). In 1947 Klant was awarded the *Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogtprijs* by the [Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde](/source/Maatschappij_der_Nederlandse_Letterkunde) for his novel *De geboorte van Jan Klaassen* from 1946. Further in his life Klant always kept in though with the [humanities](/source/Humanities): as chairman of the Fonds van de Letteren, and as of [De Bezige Bij](/source/De_Bezige_Bij) publishing company. In 1993 he received the Akademiepenning of the [Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences), together with [Arie Pais](/source/Arie_Pais). In the same year, he and Theodore Aloysius Stevers were also awarded the Pierson Penning. His sister Sabeth Klant was prominent advocate in the second wave of feminism. She was among other thing [treasurer](/source/Treasurer) for the Wij vrouwen eisen. In Pretoria on 24 January 1948 Joop Klant married Anna Joana (Jacqueline) Faljan Vlielander Hein (born 1911). She was member of the Hein family, daughter of Benjamin Marius Faijan Vlielander Hein (1887–1959) and Anna Josenhans (1889–1961).[1] ## Publications - 1946: *De geboorte van Jan Klaassen*[2] - 1954: *De fiets* (3rd ed. 1979) - 1956: *Hollands Diep* - 1973: *Wandeling door Walein* - 1973: *Spelregels voor economen*; de logische structuur van economische theorieën (2e druk 1979) [3] - 1975: *Wat is economie?* Inaugural speech, - 1977: *Geld en banken* [4] - 1979: *Samenleving en onderzoek*. Joop Klant, [Wim Driehuis](/source/Wim_Driehuis), [Herman J. Bierens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herman_J._Bierens&action=edit&redlink=1) en [Anton Julius Butter](/source/Anton_Julius_Butter) (red.) - 1980: *Balansreeksen 1900-1975 van financiële instellingen in Nederland* - 1987: *Filosofie van de Economische Wetenschappen* - 1988: *Geld, Banken en Financiële Markten* (met Casper van Ewijk) ook: 1990, 1992[5] - 1988: *Het ontstaan van de staathuishoudkunde* **Articles, a selection** - 1990: "[Refutability](https://web.archive.org/web/20071012072032/http://www.econmethodology.org/methodus/v2n2.html)" In: *Methodus* December 1990. p. 6-9 **About Klant** - Een lezenswaardig interview uit 1978 met J. J. Klant in: [Arnold Heertje](/source/Arnold_Heertje) & Ria Kuip - *Dat bonte economenvolk* (1979) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *[Nederland's Patriciaat](/source/Nederland's_Patriciaat)* 56 (1970), p. 81. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 2nd ed. 1947, 3rd ed. 1954, 4th ed. 1971; Translated in German *Das etwas seltsame und durchaus abenteuerliche Menschenleben des einstigen Kasper Jan Klaassen* (1958) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Translated in English: *The Rules of the Game. The logical structure of economic theories* (1984) by Ina Swart. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** New edition in 1983 by Dr. J. G. Morreau 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Geënt op eerdere boeken door J. J. Klant ## External links - [Jan J. Klant](http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=klan001) in the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (dbnl) - [J.J. Klant](https://web.archive.org/web/20070607090712/http://www.neha.nl/specialcollections/0680klanfull.php) list archive at the Netherlands Economic History Archive (NEHA). 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