Joseph A. Schumpeter: His Life and Work

Joseph A. Schumpeter: His Life and Work
ISBN-10
0745668704
ISBN-13
9780745668703
Series
Joseph A. Schumpeter
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2013-05-02
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Richard Swedberg

Description

Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1950) is one of the most celebrated authors on the economics and sociology of the twentieth century. Richard Swedberg's new biography provides an engaging and vivid account of Schumpeter's varied life, including his ventures into politics and private banking as well as his academic career. As a backdrop to these, Swedberg also discusses Schumpeter's tragic personal life. This book provides a thorough overview of Schumpeter's writings, and also introduces previously unpublished material based on his letters and interviews. Swedberg emphasizes that Schumpeter saw economics as a form of social investigation, consisting of four fields: economic theory, economic sociology, economic history and statistics. The author describes and analyses Schumpeter's theory of social classes and modern states as well as his more famous theory of the entrepreneur.

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