Abram Bergson
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Abram Bergson was an influential American economist best known for formalizing the concept of the social welfare function and shaping modern welfare economics.
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| Abram Bergson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abram Bergson Context triple: [welfare economics, historicalFigure, Abram Bergson]
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A.
Ernst Boas
Ernst Boas was a German-born American physician and physiologist known for his work in cardiology and medical education, and as the son of anthropologist Franz Boas.
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B.
Emil Bergson
Emil Bergson is a central figure in Willa Cather’s novel "O Pioneers!", representing youthful passion and the struggles of second-generation immigrant life on the American frontier.
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C.
Frank Chodorov
Frank Chodorov was an American libertarian writer and editor known for his staunch advocacy of individualism, non-interventionism, and free-market economics, and for his influence on later Austrian and libertarian thinkers.
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D.
Otto Rosenfeld
Otto Rosenfeld, better known as Otto Rank, was an influential Austrian psychoanalyst and close early collaborator of Sigmund Freud who became a pioneering theorist of creativity, will, and the psychology of birth trauma.
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E.
Adolf Berman
Adolf Berman was a Polish Jewish activist, Holocaust survivor, and politician known for his role in the Jewish resistance and postwar advocacy for survivors’ rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abram Bergson Target entity description: Abram Bergson was an influential American economist best known for formalizing the concept of the social welfare function and shaping modern welfare economics.
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A.
Ernst Boas
Ernst Boas was a German-born American physician and physiologist known for his work in cardiology and medical education, and as the son of anthropologist Franz Boas.
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B.
Emil Bergson
Emil Bergson is a central figure in Willa Cather’s novel "O Pioneers!", representing youthful passion and the struggles of second-generation immigrant life on the American frontier.
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C.
Frank Chodorov
Frank Chodorov was an American libertarian writer and editor known for his staunch advocacy of individualism, non-interventionism, and free-market economics, and for his influence on later Austrian and libertarian thinkers.
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D.
Otto Rosenfeld
Otto Rosenfeld, better known as Otto Rank, was an influential Austrian psychoanalyst and close early collaborator of Sigmund Freud who became a pioneering theorist of creativity, will, and the psychology of birth trauma.
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E.
Adolf Berman
Adolf Berman was a Polish Jewish activist, Holocaust survivor, and politician known for his role in the Jewish resistance and postwar advocacy for survivors’ rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Joseph Schumpeter ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Francis A. Walker Medal ⓘ |
| birthName | Abram Bergowitch ⓘ |
| contributedTo | formalization of the social welfare function ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-04-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-04-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ |
| employer |
Brookings Institution
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Columbia University ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ U.S. Department of State ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of State
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| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| familyName |
Bergson
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linked to:
Henri Bergson
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| fieldOfWork |
Soviet economics
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comparative economic systems ⓘ economics ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| givenName | Abram ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of welfare economics
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policy analysis of centrally planned economies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of Soviet economic performance
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foundations of modern welfare economics ⓘ social welfare function ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Economic Association ⓘ |
| name | Abram Bergson ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"A Reformulation of Certain Aspects of Welfare Economics"
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linked to:
Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function
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| placeOfBirth |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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linked to:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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linked to:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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| positionHeld | professor of economics at Harvard University ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfNotableWork | 1938 ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
efficiency of centrally planned economies
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measurement of national income in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| residence |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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linked to:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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| spouse | Lillian Aaronson Bergson ⓘ |
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