Dr. Goetz A. Briefs, n.d.

Dr. Goetz A. Briefs was a Catholic social theorist and political economist. Born January 1, 1889 in Eschweiler, Germany, Briefs received his PhD from the University of Freiburg in Germany in 1912. He served as a professor of economics at several German universities and received numerous grants to conduct international research, before the Nazi rise to power forced him to emigrate to the United States in 1934. From 1934 to 1937, he was visiting professor of economics at The Catholic University of America. In 1937, he was awarded a full professorship on the faculty of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. During his tenure, he often served as an economics consultant to the President, the Department of Justice, Office of Strategic Service, and the Department of Defense. Briefs died while visiting Rome in 1974, and is buried in Vatican City.

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