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.[1] His essential work is "about power and the organization of power around the logic of technology as operated under capitalism",[2] 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.