Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science, sociologist and political economist, described as one of the neglected geniuses of the twentieth century. Among his contributions, he invented the ISOTYPE method of pictorial statistics and was an innovator in museum practice. Before fleeing Austria in 1934, he was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Otto Karl Wilhelm Neurath (; Austrian German: [ˈɔtoː ˈnɔʏraːt]; 10 December 1882-22 December 1945) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist.
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Neurath then joined the German Social Democratic Party in 1918-19 and ran an office for central economic planning in Munich.
Practices Studied: Money, Article text
This convinced Neurath of the feasibility of economic planning in terms of amounts of goods and services, without use of money.
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