Robert A. Brady
Robert A. Brady | |
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| Born | May 13, 1901 Marysville, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | June 14, 1963 (aged 62) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Reed College |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
Robert Alexander Brady (May 13, 1901 – June 14, 1963) was an American economist who analyzed the dynamics of technological change and the structure of business enterprise. Brady developed a potent analysis of fascism and other emerging authoritarian economic and cultural practices. His essential work is "about power and the organization of power around the logic of technology as operated under capitalism", yielding insights and understanding of modern society's careening path between enhancing or destroying "life and culture".
In The Spirit and Structure of German Fascism (1937) and Business as a System of Power (1943), important works in historical and comparative economics, Brady traced the rise of bureaucratic centralism in Germany, France, Italy, Japan and the United States; and the emergence of an authoritarian model of economic growth and development.