Bruno Hildebrand (6 March 1812 – 29 January 1878) was a German economist representing the "older" historical school of economics.

He supported socialist theory on the basis of religion, basic morals, and his beliefs of the negative effect of property on economic behavior.

[1] An economics professor in Marburg, he was accused of high treason with respect to the turmoil of 1848 and condemned to death.

He avoided the execution of this sentence by escaping to Switzerland, where he served as an associate professor at the University of Zurich.

Hildebrand also created and directed the publication 'Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik'; for his contributions he was granted honorary Swiss citizenship.