Martha Steffy Browne

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Martha Steffy Browne (born Martha Stephanie Braun, December 12, 1898 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died March 2, 1990 in New York ) was an Austrian-American economist .

Martha-Steffy-Browne-Gasse in Vienna
Memorial plaque for Martha Steffy Browne

Life

Martha Stephanie Brown was in 1921 at the University of Vienna as one of the first women to Dr. PhD in political science. She belonged to the so-called Austrian School of Economics and attended a seminar by Ludwig von Mises together with Friedrich von Hayek , Gottfried Haberler and Oskar Morgenstern . In 1939 she emigrated to the USA . Here she taught from 1947 until her retirement in 1969 at Brooklyn College , then until 1981 at the New York University School of Continuing Education.

Martha Steffy Browne was made an honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna in the field of economics in 1989. The Martha Steffy Browne alley in Vienna- Großjedlersdorf is named after her since of 2002.

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Martha Stephanie Braun (later Steffy Browne) formulated her views on economic policy in the monograph “Theory of State Economic Policy”. It deals with measures of the process policy with the help of the " goal-means analysis ". Jan Tinbergen formalized this analysis and was honored with the Nobel Prize for Economics . In this investigation one starts with the goals and examines the necessary instruments with their effects. The value and price theory of the Austrian school serves as the basis and individual measures of demand, supply and pricing are examined. Other representatives of the Austrian school such as Hayek, however, rejected major state intervention and advocated a liberal regulatory policy that is still associated with the Austrian school today.

Publications (selection)

  • The double note. Monetary policy projects in the post-war period (1918-1922) . Duncker & Humblot, Munich 1923. Writings of the Verein für Sozialpolitik, Volume 165, pp. 106–165
  • State Economic Policy Theory . Deuticke, Leipzig, Vienna 1929 ( Viennese political and legal studies, vol. 15). - Review: W. Röpke in: Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie Vol. 2, 1930, pp. 150–154.
  • Women's movement, women's education and women's work in Austria . Edited on behalf of the Federation of Austrian Women's Associations by Martha Stephanie Braun. Self-published by the Federation of Austrian Women's Associations, Vienna 1930

literature

  • Jürgen Nautz: Browne, Martha Stephanie. In: Harald Hagemann , Claus-Dieter Krohn (Hrsg.): Biographical manual of the German-speaking economic emigration after 1933. Volume 1: Adler – Lehmann. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11284-X , pp. 87f.
  • Harriet Leischko: Braun, Martha Stephanie. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 92–95.

Web links

Commons : Martha Steffy Browne  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Steven Beller: Vienna and the Jews . 2008, p. 177.
  2. ↑ Honorary doctorates from the University of Vienna ; University Archives Vienna .
  3. ^ Martha-Steffy-Browne-Gasse in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  4. ↑ Reinhard Neck: The Austrian School of Economics . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1991, p. 20.
personal data
SURNAME Browne, Martha Steffy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann, Martha Stephanie (birth name); Braun, Martha Stephanie (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American economist
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1990
Place of death new York