Joseph A. Schumpeter : a theory of social and economic evolution

Author/Creator:: Andersen, Esben Sloth
Publication/Creation:: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Resource Type:: Book
Edition:: [1st ed.].

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Full Title:: Joseph A. Schumpeter : a theory of social and economic evolution / Esben Sloth Andersen
Series Titles:: Great thinkers in economics series
Great thinkers in economics series.

Subjects:: Schumpeter, Joseph A.,1883-1950
Economists--United States--Biography
Economists--Austria--Biography
Economics--History--20th century
Economic history
Neoclassical school of economics

Table of Contents:: Introduction -- The early Schumpeter, 1883-1913 -- From equilibrium economics to evolutionary economics -- The entrepreneur versus the economic system -- Railroadization as Schumpeter's standard example -- Intermezzo, 1914-25 -- Towards a general theory of social evolution -- The little Mecca for economists, 1925-32 -- The Harvard profession and his projects, 1932-42 -- The evolutionary trilogy and the Schumpeterian models -- The basic functioning of the capitalist engine -- The complex functioning of the economic engine -- The economic history of the capitalist evolution -- The transformation of the capitalist engine -- The capitalist engine and long-term social evolution -- The last years, 1943-50.
Summary:: "This book examines Schumpeter's dramatic theory of social and economic evolution as the pivot of his life and work. His theory emerged through a new combination of neoclassical economics, the historical school, and elite theory. It permeated not only his account for economic growth and development but also his studies of the routinised economy, business cycles, capitalism, the democratic system, and the evolution of economics. The book's comprehensive account resolves apparent paradoxes and clarifies Schumpeter's challenges to economists and other social scientists"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm