Karl Brandt (January 9, 1899 – July 8, 1975) was a
German
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American agricultural economist
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Brandt was born in
Essen. He fled from Germany to the U.S. in 1933, shortly after the
Nazi regime came to power. He was successively a professor and researcher at the
New School for Social Research, the
American Institute for Food Distribution, and
Stanford University (where he was affiliated with the
Hoover Institution
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).
Brandt was one of the founding members of the
Mont Pelerin Society
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in 1947.
1899 births
1975 deaths
20th-century American economists
German emigrants to the United States
Hoover Institution people
Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
United States Council of Economic Advisers
Member of the Mont Pelerin Society
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