Karl Pribram
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Karl Přibram also known as “Karl Pribram”, was an Austrian-born economist. He is most noted for his work in labor economics, in industrial organization
, and in the history of economic thought
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Přibram analyzed post-scholastic
economic thought into three competing traditions:
Karl Pribram died in Washington, D.C.
, in 1973.
His papers are held in the German and Jewish Intellectual Émigré Collection of the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives of the libraries of the University at Albany, the State University of New York
.
Industrial organization
Industrial organization is the field of economics that builds on the theory of the firm in examining the structure of, and boundaries between, firms and markets....
, and in the history of economic thought
History of economic thought
The history of economic thought deals with different thinkers and theories in the subject that became political economy and economics from the ancient world to the present day...
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Přibram analyzed post-scholastic
Scholasticism
Scholasticism is a method of critical thought which dominated teaching by the academics of medieval universities in Europe from about 1100–1500, and a program of employing that method in articulating and defending orthodoxy in an increasingly pluralistic context...
economic thought into three competing traditions:
- a nominalistNominalismNominalism is a metaphysical view in philosophy according to which general or abstract terms and predicates exist, while universals or abstract objects, which are sometimes thought to correspond to these terms, do not exist. Thus, there are at least two main versions of nominalism...
tradition, which has typically provided foundations for liberalClassical liberalismClassical liberalism is the philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government, constitutionalism, rule of law, due process, and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets....
prescriptions - an intuitionistIntuition (philosophy)Intuition is a priori knowledge or experiential belief characterized by its immediacy. Beyond this, the nature of intuition is debated. Roughly speaking, there are two main views. They are:...
tradition, which formed an intellectual infrastructure for fascisticFascismFascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
prescriptions - a tradition of Hegelian dialecticsGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher, one of the creators of German Idealism. His historicist and idealist account of reality as a whole revolutionized European philosophy and was an important precursor to Continental philosophy and Marxism.Hegel developed a comprehensive...
, which formed the intellectual infrastructure for MarxistMarxismMarxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
CommunismCommunismCommunism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
Karl Pribram died in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, in 1973.
His papers are held in the German and Jewish Intellectual Émigré Collection of the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives of the libraries of the University at Albany, the State University of New York
University at Albany, The State University of New York
The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is a public university located in Albany, Guilderland, and East Greenbush, New York, United States; is the senior campus of the State University of New York ...
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Works
- Lohnschutz des gewerblichen Arbeiters nach österreichischem Recht (1904)
- Normalarbeitstag in den gewerblichen Betrieben und im Bergbaue Österreichs (1906)
- Entstehung der individualistischen Sozialphilosophie (1912)
- Probleme der internationalen Arbeitsstatistik (1925)
- Unification of Social Insurance (1925)
- “World-unemployment and Its Problems” in Unemployment as a world-problem (1931) by John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes of Tilton, CB FBA , was a British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments...
, Karl Pribram, and E.J. PhelanEdward J. PhelanEdward Joseph Phelan , frequently E. J. Phelan, was the first appointed international civil servant and fourth Director-General of the International Labour Office, serving from 1941 to 1948, during most of which time the ILO was temporarily relocated to Montréal from Geneva...
; edited by Philip Quincy Wright - “Equilibrium concept and business cycle statistics” (1934), Institut International de statistique, 22nd section, London.
- Cartel Problems; an Analysis of Collective Monopolies in Europe with American Application (1935)
- Social Insurance in Europe and Social Security in the United States: a Comparative Analysis (1937)
- Merit Rating and Unemployment Compensation (1937)
- Principles Underlying Disqualifications for Benefits in Unemployment Compensation (1938)
- Foreign Trade Policy of Austria (1945)
- Conflicting Patterns of Thought (1949)
- “Patterns of Economic Reasoning” in American Economic Review vol. 43 (2), Supplement (1953)
- A History of Economic Reasoning (1983, posthumous and incomplete) published by the Johns Hopkins University PressJohns Hopkins University PressThe Johns Hopkins University Press is the publishing division of the Johns Hopkins University. It was founded in 1878 and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. The Press publishes books, journals, and electronic databases...