Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

In this definitive third and final edition (1950) of his masterwork, Joseph A. Schumpeter introduced the world to the concept of “creative destruction,” which forever altered how global economics is approached and perceived. Now featuring a new introduction by Schumpeter biographer Thomas K. McCraw, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy is essential read­ing for anyone who seeks to understand where the world economy is headed.

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Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

In this definitive third and final edition (1950) of his masterwork, Joseph A. Schumpeter introduced the world to the concept of “creative destruction,” which forever altered how global economics is approached and perceived. Now featuring a new introduction by Schumpeter biographer Thomas K. McCraw, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy is essential read­ing for anyone who seeks to understand where the world economy is headed.

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Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

by Joseph A. Schumpeter
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

by Joseph A. Schumpeter

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In this definitive third and final edition (1950) of his masterwork, Joseph A. Schumpeter introduced the world to the concept of “creative destruction,” which forever altered how global economics is approached and perceived. Now featuring a new introduction by Schumpeter biographer Thomas K. McCraw, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy is essential read­ing for anyone who seeks to understand where the world economy is headed.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780061561610
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/04/2008
Pages: 464
Sales rank: 153,126
Product dimensions: 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.04(d)

About the Author

Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1950) served as Austria's first finance minister, made and lost a fortune as an investment banker, and taught economics for many years at Harvard. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy is his best-known work.

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Richard Florida

“The great economist Joseph Schumpeter highlighted the role of innovation in powering the rise of new industries, the creative destruction of existing ones, and the growth in prosperity of economies.”

Peter Drucker

“The most influential economist of the 20th century.”

J. Bradford DeLong

“Schumpeter may well be the most important economist of the 21st century.”

Robert J. Samuelson

“Schumpeter gave us stunning insights into how the world really works. We are now living, it is said, in the Age of Schumpeter. . . . Schumpeter was a powerful prophet, and he now offers dazzling insights into everything from the rise of Wal-Mart to prosperity’s discontents.”

Steve Forbes

“The 20th century’s foremost economist.”

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