Machlup, Fritz, 1902-1983

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Austrian-American economist.

From the description of Fritz Machlup papers, 1911-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872023

Biographical Note

  • 1902 December 15: Born, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
  • 1922 - 1933 : Partner and director, Timmersdorfer Holzstoff und Pappenfabrik Emerich Kren and Co., Vienna, Austria
  • 1923: Dr. Rer. Pol., Universitat Wien, Vienna
  • 1924 - 1933 : Partner and managing director, Ybbstaler Pappenfabriken Adolf Leitner und Bruder, Vienna
  • 1924 - 1948 : Director, Elso Magyar Cartonlemezgyar Rt. (Erste Ungarische Carton-Pappenfabrik), Budapest, Hungary
  • 1925: Author, Die Goldkernwahrung Married Marianne (Mitzi) Herzog
  • 1927: Author, Die neuen Wahrungen in Europa
  • 1929 - 1931 : Council member, Austrian Cardboard Cartel, Vienna
  • 1929 - 1933 : Lecturer, Volkshochschule Wien, Vienna
  • 1931: Author, Borsenkredit, Industriekredit und Kapitalbildung
  • 1933: Moved to the United States
  • 1933 - 1935 : Research fellow, Rockefeller Foundation
  • 1934: Author, Fuhrer durch die Krisenpolitik
  • 1934 - 1935 : 1938 - 1939 : Visiting lecturer, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • 1935 - 1947 : Frank H. Goodyear professor of economics, University of Buffalo, New York
  • 1936: Visiting professor, Harvard University
  • 1937 - 1938 : Visiting professor, Cornell University, New York
  • 1938: Visiting professor, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • 1939: Visiting professor, University of California, Berkeley
  • 1940: Naturalized American
  • 1940: 1947: Visiting professor, Stanford University, California
  • 1941: Visiting professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 1942 - 1943 : Special consultant, Post War Labor Problems Division, Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor
  • 1943: Author, International Trade and the National Income Multiplier
  • 1943 - 1946 : Visiting professor, American University, Washington, D.C.
  • 1943 - 1946 : Chief, Research Section; Acting Chief, Division of Investigation and Research; Chief, Division of Research and Statistics, Office of Alien Property Custodian, Washington, D.C.
  • 1947 - 1960 : Abram G. Hutzler professor of political economy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1948: Visiting professor, Columbia University, New York
  • 1949: Visiting professor, University of California, Los Angeles Author, The Basing-Point System
  • 1952: Author, The Political Economy of Monopoly Author, The Economics of Sellers' Competition
  • 1955: Visiting professor, Kyoto University and Doshisha University, Japan Director, Kyoto American Studies Seminar
  • 1957 - 1958 : Research fellow, Ford Foundation
  • 1958: Author, An Economic Review of the Patent System
  • 1960 - 1971 : Walker professor of economics and international finance, and director of the International Finance Section, Princeton Uniersity, New Jersey
  • 1962: Author, The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States
  • 1963: Author, Essays in Economic Semantics
  • 1963 - 1964 : Visiting professor, City University of New York
  • 1964: Author, International Payments, Debts, and Gold
  • 1965 - 1977 : Consultant, United States Department of the Treasury
  • 1966: Author (with William J. Fellner, Robert Triffin, and eleven others), Maintaining and Restoring Balance in International Payments
  • 1968: Author, Remaking the International Monetary System: The Rio Agreement and Beyond
  • 1969 - 1971 : Visiting professor, New York University
  • 1970: Visiting professor, Osaka University, Japan and University of melbourne, Australia
  • 1971 - 1983 : Professor of economics, New York University
  • 1972: Author (with Jan Tinbergen, Abram Bergson and Oskar Morgenstern), Optimum Social Welfare and Productivity Author, The Alignment of Foreign Exchange Rates
  • 1972 - 1973 : Visiting professor, Universitat Wien
  • 1975: Author, International Monetary Systems
  • 1976: Author, Selected Economic Writings of Fritz Machlup
  • 1977: Author, A History of Thought on Economic Integration
  • 1978: Author, Methodology of Economics and Other Social Sciences
  • 1978: Author (with Kenneth W. Leeson et al.), Information through the Printed Word: The Dissemination of Scholarly, Scientific, and Intellectual Knowledge Volume I: Book Publishing Volume II: Journals Volume III: Libraries
  • 1980: Volume IV: Books, Journals, and Bibliographic Sciences Author, Knowledge: Its Creation, Distribution, and Economic significance Volume I: Knowledge and knowledge Production
  • 1982: Volume II: The Branches of Learning
  • 1983: Volume III: The Economics of Information and Human Capital
  • 1983 January 30: Died, Princeton, New Jersey

From the guide to the Fritz Machlup Papers, 1911-1983, (Hoover Institution Archives)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Alfred Schutz papers, 1925-1979 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Fuller, Lon L. Lon L. Fuller papers. 1926-1977. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Michael S. Mahoney papers., 1923-2008 University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.
referencedIn Don Patinkin Papers, 1870-1995 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Machlup, Fritz, 1902-1983. Fritz Machlup papers, 1911-1983. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Furth, J. Herbert (Joseph Herbert), b. 1899. Josef Herbert Furth papers, 1932-1981. University at Albany, University Libraries
creatorOf Fritz Machlup Papers, 1911-1983 Hoover Institution Archives
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Relation Name
associatedWith Fuller, Lon L., 1902- person
associatedWith Furth, J. Herbert (Joseph Herbert), b. 1899. person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Mahoney, Michael S. (Michael Sean) person
correspondedWith Patinkin, Don person
associatedWith Schutz, Alfred, 1899-1959. person
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Birth 1902-12-15

Death 1983-01-30

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