Max Wirth (Breslau, 27 January 1822 — Vienna, 18 July 1900) was a German journalist and economist.

Max studied law and political economy at the University of Heidelberg, where he joined the Corps Rhenania.

Later he became a journalist in Frankfurt, where he founded the weekly magazine Der Arbeitgeber, a publication about the labour market, but also used to progress Wirth's personal views.

Afterwards, he worked as a journalist again, first for the Neuen Freien Presse, later as Viennese correspondent for The Economist.

Max Wirth is mostly known his work Geschichte der Handelskrisen, a history of economic crises.