Carl Kaysen

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Carl Kaysen (born March 5, 1920 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † February 8, 2010 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American economist , author and government advisor .

Life

Carl Kaysen was married twice. His daughter, the author Susanna Kaysen , comes from his first marriage to Annette Neutra, who died in 1990. He studied a. a. from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University ( Ph.D. 1954). Kaysen received a Guggenheim grant and has worked in the fields of economics, politics and sociology . His main fields of activity were arms control and international relations . During his studies, he worked for the Office of Strategic Services of the United States Department of War . From 1955 to 1966 he taught at Harvard University . He later was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and director of the Institute for Advanced Study . From 1981 he was also director of his science department at MIT. Carl Kaysen was Vice Chairman of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , to which he was elected in 1954, and since 1967 a member of the American Philosophical Society .

Presidential Advisor

From 1961 to 1963, Carl Kaysen was an advisor to President John F. Kennedy in the Executive Office . As Deputy National Security Advisor , he reported directly to National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy and was responsible for foreign trade , economics and the potential use of nuclear weapons .

Publications (selection)

  • “United States v. United Shoe Machinery Corporation ”: An Economic Analysis of an Anti-Trust Case , 1956
  • The American Business Creed (with Sutton, Harris, Tobin), 1956
  • Anti-Trust Policy: An Economic and Legal Analysis (with Donald F. Turner), 1959
  • The Demand for Electricity in the United States (with Franklin M. Fisher ), 1962
  • The Higher Learning: The Universities and the Public , 1969
  • Content and Context: Essays on College Education , 1973
  • A Debate on “A Time to Choose” (with William Tavoulareas ), 1977
  • Program for Renewed Partnership: A Report , 1980.
  • Nuclear Weapons After the Cold War (Foreign Affairs), 1991
  • War with Iraq: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives (American Academy of Arts and Sciences), 2002

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personal data
SURNAME Kaysen, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist, author, and government advisor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2010
Place of death Cambridge , Massachusetts