Oskar Morgenstern, 1902-1976

Nascut la Gorlitz, Silesia, studiaza in universitatile din Viena, Harvard si New York. Membru al scolii austriace si matematician avisat, participa la faimoasele "Colocvii de la Viena organizate de Karl Menger (fiu al lui Carl Menger) ce au pus in contact cercetatori din diferite discipline, din a caror sinergie se stie ca a aparut o multitudine de noi idei, inclusiv noi campuri stiintifice.

Emigreaza in Statele Unite in timpul celui de-al doilea razboi moondial facandu-si docenta la Princeton. Publica in 1944, impreuna cu John von Neuman, "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior".

Lucrari ale lui Oskar Morgenstern

• Wirtschaftsprognose: Eine untersuhung ihrer Voraussetzungen und Moglichkeiten, 1928.
• Die Grenzen der Wirtschaftspolitik, 1934.
• "The Time Moment in Value Theory", 1935, ZfN.
• "Perfect Foresight and Economic Equilibrium", 1935, ZfN.
• "Logistics and the Social Science", 1936, ZfN.
• Theory of Games and Economic Behavior con John von Neumann, 1944.
• "Demand Theory Reconsidered", 1948, QJE.
• "Economics and the Theory of Games", 1949, Kyklos.
• On the Accuracy of Economic Observations, 1950.
• Prolegomena to a Theory of Organization, 1951
• "Experiment and Large-Scale Computation in Economics", 1954, Economic Activity Analysis.
• "Generalization of the von Neumann Model of an Expanding Economy", con J.G. Kemey and G.L. Thompson, 1956, Econometrica
• The Question of National Defense, 1959.
• Predictability of Stock Market Prices, with C.W.J. Granger, 1970.
• "Thirteen Critical Points in Contemporary Economic Theory", 1972, JEL.
• "Descriptive, Predictive and Normative Theory", 1972, Kyklos.
• "Some Reflections on Utility", 1976, en Allais and Hagen, editores, Rational Decisions under Risk.
• "Collaborating with von Neumann", 1976, JEL.
• Mathematical Theories of Expanding and Contracting Economies, con G.L. Thompson, 1976.