Perhaps best known for his coauthorship with John von Neumann of The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, Oskar Morgenstern was a longtime professor and prolific author of many other influential books on economics and game theory. Morgenstern was...

A German-American mathematical economist, born in Silesia, Germany, but educated at the University of Vienna. In his early career he was Director of the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research from 1931 to 1938 and professor of Vienna University...

1902-1977 German-born American economist who applied John von Neumann's "Theory of Games" to business strategy. Morgenstern studied, then taught economics at the University of Vienna from 1929 to 1938. He also taught at Princeton...

Oskar Morgenstern (January 24, 1902 - July 26, 1977) was a German born Austrian economist who, working with John von Neumann, helped found the mathematical field of game theory (see Neumann-Morgenstern utility). Morgenstern was born in Görlitz,...