Tag: Biography

Books

Ten Great Economists: From Marx to Keynes

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1951, xiv, 305 pp.; San Diego, California: Simon, 2003, xiv, 305 pp.
Brilliant evaluations of the men most influential in shaping economic thought: Marx, Walras, Menger, Marshall, Pareto, Bohm-Bawerk, Taussig, Fisher, Mitchell and Keynes, In the Appendix:… More

Economic Doctrine and Method: An Historical Sketch

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1954, 207 pp.; London: Routledge, 2003, 207 pp.
Beginning with a survey of economic thought from Aristotle to modern times, this book goes on to trace the development of the concept of the circular flow of economic forces. The final… More

Joseph Alois Schumpeter

– Kisch, Herbert. "Joseph Alois Schumpeter." Journal of Economic Issues. Vol. 13, No. 1. March 1979.

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Schumpeter’s Curious Politics

– Semmel, Bernard. "Schumpeter’s Curious Politics." The Public Interest. Iss. 106. Winter 1992.
Excerpt: The Austro-German economist and social theorist Joseph A. Schumpeter, who in the 1930s became professor of economics at Harvard and a U.S. citizen, has often been described as… More

His Secret Life

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "His Secret Life." The New York Review of Books. May 14, 1992. (Review of Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter Volume 1: Europe Volume 2: America, by Robert Loring Allen and Schumpeter: A Biography, by Richard Swedberg.)
Excerpt: My serious studies in economics did not begin until the fall of 1939, my last year at Harvard, when I took a course with Alvin Hansen in which we wrestled with the problem of… More

Schumpeter: A Biography

– Swedberg, Richard. Schumpeter: A Biography. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992.
From Amazon: This widely admired intellectual biography of Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) follows his career from his immensely creative and productive youth in Austria-Hungary to the… More

Modernization and Its Political Consequences: Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter

– Blokland, Hans. Van Weesep, Nancy Smyth (trans.). Modernization and Its Political Consequences Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2006.
Excerpt: Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950) is one of the greatest social scientists of the twentieth century. Only Max Weber and his renowned rival John Maynard Keynes might compete… More

Mr. Creative Destruction

– Kosar, Kevin R. "Mr. Creative Destruction." The Weekly Standard. Vol. 12, No. 35. May 28, 2007. (Review of Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction, by Thomas K. McCraw.)
Excerpt: Economics, Carlyle famously grumbled, is the “dismal science.” With few exceptions (Adam Smith, Milton Friedman), its practitioners are little known to non-economists,… More

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

– McCraw, Thomas K. Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2007.
From The New Yorker: In 1939, the economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote that “the history of capitalism is studded with violent bursts and catastrophes” that, while ultimately… More

Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek – Keynes’ Challengers

– Nasar, Sylvia and Robert Johnson. "Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek - Keynes' Challengers." Institute for New Economic Thinking. February 7, 2012.
In part 4 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses how Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich von Hayek challenged the economics of Keynes in the early-to-mid 20th century. However, their… More

Joseph Schumpeter

– Cowen, Tyler and Alex Tabarrok. "Joseph Schumpeter." Mercatus Center. October 4, 2012.
Mercatus Center examines Joseph Schumpeter, one of the deepest and most broadly read economists, ever. A splendid horseman too.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

– Medearis, John. Joseph A. Schumpeter. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
From Amazon: Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) was one of the foremost economic thinkers of the twentieth century. Today Schumpeter is most well-known for his idea of “creative… More

Creative Destruction

– Coelho, Philip. "Creative Destruction." Econ In Motion. February 24, 2014.
Professor Philip Coelho of Ball State University explains “creative destruction,” the notion that economic cycles occur within capitalism as technology evolves over time.… More

The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)

– Boettke, Peter J. "The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)." Cato Institute. 2015.
From YouTube: Peter J. Boettke traces the Austrian School’s history from Carl Menger through Eugen Böhm-Bawerk and Joseph Schumpeter, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Murray… More

Essays

Ten Great Economists: From Marx to Keynes

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1951, xiv, 305 pp.; San Diego, California: Simon, 2003, xiv, 305 pp.
Brilliant evaluations of the men most influential in shaping economic thought: Marx, Walras, Menger, Marshall, Pareto, Bohm-Bawerk, Taussig, Fisher, Mitchell and Keynes, In the Appendix:… More

Economic Doctrine and Method: An Historical Sketch

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1954, 207 pp.; London: Routledge, 2003, 207 pp.
Beginning with a survey of economic thought from Aristotle to modern times, this book goes on to trace the development of the concept of the circular flow of economic forces. The final… More

Joseph Alois Schumpeter

– Kisch, Herbert. "Joseph Alois Schumpeter." Journal of Economic Issues. Vol. 13, No. 1. March 1979.

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Schumpeter’s Curious Politics

– Semmel, Bernard. "Schumpeter’s Curious Politics." The Public Interest. Iss. 106. Winter 1992.
Excerpt: The Austro-German economist and social theorist Joseph A. Schumpeter, who in the 1930s became professor of economics at Harvard and a U.S. citizen, has often been described as… More

His Secret Life

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "His Secret Life." The New York Review of Books. May 14, 1992. (Review of Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter Volume 1: Europe Volume 2: America, by Robert Loring Allen and Schumpeter: A Biography, by Richard Swedberg.)
Excerpt: My serious studies in economics did not begin until the fall of 1939, my last year at Harvard, when I took a course with Alvin Hansen in which we wrestled with the problem of… More

Schumpeter: A Biography

– Swedberg, Richard. Schumpeter: A Biography. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992.
From Amazon: This widely admired intellectual biography of Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) follows his career from his immensely creative and productive youth in Austria-Hungary to the… More

Modernization and Its Political Consequences: Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter

– Blokland, Hans. Van Weesep, Nancy Smyth (trans.). Modernization and Its Political Consequences Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2006.
Excerpt: Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950) is one of the greatest social scientists of the twentieth century. Only Max Weber and his renowned rival John Maynard Keynes might compete… More

Mr. Creative Destruction

– Kosar, Kevin R. "Mr. Creative Destruction." The Weekly Standard. Vol. 12, No. 35. May 28, 2007. (Review of Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction, by Thomas K. McCraw.)
Excerpt: Economics, Carlyle famously grumbled, is the “dismal science.” With few exceptions (Adam Smith, Milton Friedman), its practitioners are little known to non-economists,… More

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

– McCraw, Thomas K. Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2007.
From The New Yorker: In 1939, the economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote that “the history of capitalism is studded with violent bursts and catastrophes” that, while ultimately… More

Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek – Keynes’ Challengers

– Nasar, Sylvia and Robert Johnson. "Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek - Keynes' Challengers." Institute for New Economic Thinking. February 7, 2012.
In part 4 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses how Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich von Hayek challenged the economics of Keynes in the early-to-mid 20th century. However, their… More

Joseph Schumpeter

– Cowen, Tyler and Alex Tabarrok. "Joseph Schumpeter." Mercatus Center. October 4, 2012.
Mercatus Center examines Joseph Schumpeter, one of the deepest and most broadly read economists, ever. A splendid horseman too.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

– Medearis, John. Joseph A. Schumpeter. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
From Amazon: Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) was one of the foremost economic thinkers of the twentieth century. Today Schumpeter is most well-known for his idea of “creative… More

Creative Destruction

– Coelho, Philip. "Creative Destruction." Econ In Motion. February 24, 2014.
Professor Philip Coelho of Ball State University explains “creative destruction,” the notion that economic cycles occur within capitalism as technology evolves over time.… More

The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)

– Boettke, Peter J. "The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)." Cato Institute. 2015.
From YouTube: Peter J. Boettke traces the Austrian School’s history from Carl Menger through Eugen Böhm-Bawerk and Joseph Schumpeter, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Murray… More

Commentary

Ten Great Economists: From Marx to Keynes

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1951, xiv, 305 pp.; San Diego, California: Simon, 2003, xiv, 305 pp.
Brilliant evaluations of the men most influential in shaping economic thought: Marx, Walras, Menger, Marshall, Pareto, Bohm-Bawerk, Taussig, Fisher, Mitchell and Keynes, In the Appendix:… More

Economic Doctrine and Method: An Historical Sketch

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1954, 207 pp.; London: Routledge, 2003, 207 pp.
Beginning with a survey of economic thought from Aristotle to modern times, this book goes on to trace the development of the concept of the circular flow of economic forces. The final… More

Joseph Alois Schumpeter

– Kisch, Herbert. "Joseph Alois Schumpeter." Journal of Economic Issues. Vol. 13, No. 1. March 1979.

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Schumpeter’s Curious Politics

– Semmel, Bernard. "Schumpeter’s Curious Politics." The Public Interest. Iss. 106. Winter 1992.
Excerpt: The Austro-German economist and social theorist Joseph A. Schumpeter, who in the 1930s became professor of economics at Harvard and a U.S. citizen, has often been described as… More

His Secret Life

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "His Secret Life." The New York Review of Books. May 14, 1992. (Review of Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter Volume 1: Europe Volume 2: America, by Robert Loring Allen and Schumpeter: A Biography, by Richard Swedberg.)
Excerpt: My serious studies in economics did not begin until the fall of 1939, my last year at Harvard, when I took a course with Alvin Hansen in which we wrestled with the problem of… More

Schumpeter: A Biography

– Swedberg, Richard. Schumpeter: A Biography. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992.
From Amazon: This widely admired intellectual biography of Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) follows his career from his immensely creative and productive youth in Austria-Hungary to the… More

Modernization and Its Political Consequences: Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter

– Blokland, Hans. Van Weesep, Nancy Smyth (trans.). Modernization and Its Political Consequences Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2006.
Excerpt: Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950) is one of the greatest social scientists of the twentieth century. Only Max Weber and his renowned rival John Maynard Keynes might compete… More

Mr. Creative Destruction

– Kosar, Kevin R. "Mr. Creative Destruction." The Weekly Standard. Vol. 12, No. 35. May 28, 2007. (Review of Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction, by Thomas K. McCraw.)
Excerpt: Economics, Carlyle famously grumbled, is the “dismal science.” With few exceptions (Adam Smith, Milton Friedman), its practitioners are little known to non-economists,… More

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

– McCraw, Thomas K. Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2007.
From The New Yorker: In 1939, the economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote that “the history of capitalism is studded with violent bursts and catastrophes” that, while ultimately… More

Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek – Keynes’ Challengers

– Nasar, Sylvia and Robert Johnson. "Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek - Keynes' Challengers." Institute for New Economic Thinking. February 7, 2012.
In part 4 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses how Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich von Hayek challenged the economics of Keynes in the early-to-mid 20th century. However, their… More

Joseph Schumpeter

– Cowen, Tyler and Alex Tabarrok. "Joseph Schumpeter." Mercatus Center. October 4, 2012.
Mercatus Center examines Joseph Schumpeter, one of the deepest and most broadly read economists, ever. A splendid horseman too.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

– Medearis, John. Joseph A. Schumpeter. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
From Amazon: Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) was one of the foremost economic thinkers of the twentieth century. Today Schumpeter is most well-known for his idea of “creative… More

Creative Destruction

– Coelho, Philip. "Creative Destruction." Econ In Motion. February 24, 2014.
Professor Philip Coelho of Ball State University explains “creative destruction,” the notion that economic cycles occur within capitalism as technology evolves over time.… More

The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)

– Boettke, Peter J. "The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)." Cato Institute. 2015.
From YouTube: Peter J. Boettke traces the Austrian School’s history from Carl Menger through Eugen Böhm-Bawerk and Joseph Schumpeter, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Murray… More

Multimedia

Ten Great Economists: From Marx to Keynes

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1951, xiv, 305 pp.; San Diego, California: Simon, 2003, xiv, 305 pp.
Brilliant evaluations of the men most influential in shaping economic thought: Marx, Walras, Menger, Marshall, Pareto, Bohm-Bawerk, Taussig, Fisher, Mitchell and Keynes, In the Appendix:… More

Economic Doctrine and Method: An Historical Sketch

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1954, 207 pp.; London: Routledge, 2003, 207 pp.
Beginning with a survey of economic thought from Aristotle to modern times, this book goes on to trace the development of the concept of the circular flow of economic forces. The final… More

Joseph Alois Schumpeter

– Kisch, Herbert. "Joseph Alois Schumpeter." Journal of Economic Issues. Vol. 13, No. 1. March 1979.

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Schumpeter’s Curious Politics

– Semmel, Bernard. "Schumpeter’s Curious Politics." The Public Interest. Iss. 106. Winter 1992.
Excerpt: The Austro-German economist and social theorist Joseph A. Schumpeter, who in the 1930s became professor of economics at Harvard and a U.S. citizen, has often been described as… More

His Secret Life

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "His Secret Life." The New York Review of Books. May 14, 1992. (Review of Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter Volume 1: Europe Volume 2: America, by Robert Loring Allen and Schumpeter: A Biography, by Richard Swedberg.)
Excerpt: My serious studies in economics did not begin until the fall of 1939, my last year at Harvard, when I took a course with Alvin Hansen in which we wrestled with the problem of… More

Schumpeter: A Biography

– Swedberg, Richard. Schumpeter: A Biography. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992.
From Amazon: This widely admired intellectual biography of Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) follows his career from his immensely creative and productive youth in Austria-Hungary to the… More

Modernization and Its Political Consequences: Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter

– Blokland, Hans. Van Weesep, Nancy Smyth (trans.). Modernization and Its Political Consequences Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2006.
Excerpt: Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950) is one of the greatest social scientists of the twentieth century. Only Max Weber and his renowned rival John Maynard Keynes might compete… More

Mr. Creative Destruction

– Kosar, Kevin R. "Mr. Creative Destruction." The Weekly Standard. Vol. 12, No. 35. May 28, 2007. (Review of Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction, by Thomas K. McCraw.)
Excerpt: Economics, Carlyle famously grumbled, is the “dismal science.” With few exceptions (Adam Smith, Milton Friedman), its practitioners are little known to non-economists,… More

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

– McCraw, Thomas K. Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2007.
From The New Yorker: In 1939, the economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote that “the history of capitalism is studded with violent bursts and catastrophes” that, while ultimately… More

Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek – Keynes’ Challengers

– Nasar, Sylvia and Robert Johnson. "Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek - Keynes' Challengers." Institute for New Economic Thinking. February 7, 2012.
In part 4 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses how Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich von Hayek challenged the economics of Keynes in the early-to-mid 20th century. However, their… More

Joseph Schumpeter

– Cowen, Tyler and Alex Tabarrok. "Joseph Schumpeter." Mercatus Center. October 4, 2012.
Mercatus Center examines Joseph Schumpeter, one of the deepest and most broadly read economists, ever. A splendid horseman too.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

– Medearis, John. Joseph A. Schumpeter. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
From Amazon: Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) was one of the foremost economic thinkers of the twentieth century. Today Schumpeter is most well-known for his idea of “creative… More

Creative Destruction

– Coelho, Philip. "Creative Destruction." Econ In Motion. February 24, 2014.
Professor Philip Coelho of Ball State University explains “creative destruction,” the notion that economic cycles occur within capitalism as technology evolves over time.… More

The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)

– Boettke, Peter J. "The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)." Cato Institute. 2015.
From YouTube: Peter J. Boettke traces the Austrian School’s history from Carl Menger through Eugen Böhm-Bawerk and Joseph Schumpeter, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Murray… More

Teaching

Ten Great Economists: From Marx to Keynes

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1951, xiv, 305 pp.; San Diego, California: Simon, 2003, xiv, 305 pp.
Brilliant evaluations of the men most influential in shaping economic thought: Marx, Walras, Menger, Marshall, Pareto, Bohm-Bawerk, Taussig, Fisher, Mitchell and Keynes, In the Appendix:… More

Economic Doctrine and Method: An Historical Sketch

– New York: Oxford University Press, 1954, 207 pp.; London: Routledge, 2003, 207 pp.
Beginning with a survey of economic thought from Aristotle to modern times, this book goes on to trace the development of the concept of the circular flow of economic forces. The final… More

Joseph Alois Schumpeter

– Kisch, Herbert. "Joseph Alois Schumpeter." Journal of Economic Issues. Vol. 13, No. 1. March 1979.

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: Europe (Volume 1). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2)

– Allen, Robert Loring. Opening Doors: the Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter: America (Volume 2). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 1991.
From Amazon: The author puts this book in the best possible context by referring to the “magisterial and paradoxical Dr. Schumpeter.” A figure in a rare class with John Maynard… More

Schumpeter’s Curious Politics

– Semmel, Bernard. "Schumpeter’s Curious Politics." The Public Interest. Iss. 106. Winter 1992.
Excerpt: The Austro-German economist and social theorist Joseph A. Schumpeter, who in the 1930s became professor of economics at Harvard and a U.S. citizen, has often been described as… More

His Secret Life

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "His Secret Life." The New York Review of Books. May 14, 1992. (Review of Opening Doors: The Life and Work of Joseph Schumpeter Volume 1: Europe Volume 2: America, by Robert Loring Allen and Schumpeter: A Biography, by Richard Swedberg.)
Excerpt: My serious studies in economics did not begin until the fall of 1939, my last year at Harvard, when I took a course with Alvin Hansen in which we wrestled with the problem of… More

Schumpeter: A Biography

– Swedberg, Richard. Schumpeter: A Biography. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992.
From Amazon: This widely admired intellectual biography of Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) follows his career from his immensely creative and productive youth in Austria-Hungary to the… More

Modernization and Its Political Consequences: Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter

– Blokland, Hans. Van Weesep, Nancy Smyth (trans.). Modernization and Its Political Consequences Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2006.
Excerpt: Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950) is one of the greatest social scientists of the twentieth century. Only Max Weber and his renowned rival John Maynard Keynes might compete… More

Mr. Creative Destruction

– Kosar, Kevin R. "Mr. Creative Destruction." The Weekly Standard. Vol. 12, No. 35. May 28, 2007. (Review of Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction, by Thomas K. McCraw.)
Excerpt: Economics, Carlyle famously grumbled, is the “dismal science.” With few exceptions (Adam Smith, Milton Friedman), its practitioners are little known to non-economists,… More

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

– McCraw, Thomas K. Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2007.
From The New Yorker: In 1939, the economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote that “the history of capitalism is studded with violent bursts and catastrophes” that, while ultimately… More

Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek – Keynes’ Challengers

– Nasar, Sylvia and Robert Johnson. "Joseph Schumpeter and Hayek - Keynes' Challengers." Institute for New Economic Thinking. February 7, 2012.
In part 4 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses how Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich von Hayek challenged the economics of Keynes in the early-to-mid 20th century. However, their… More

Joseph Schumpeter

– Cowen, Tyler and Alex Tabarrok. "Joseph Schumpeter." Mercatus Center. October 4, 2012.
Mercatus Center examines Joseph Schumpeter, one of the deepest and most broadly read economists, ever. A splendid horseman too.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

– Medearis, John. Joseph A. Schumpeter. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
From Amazon: Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) was one of the foremost economic thinkers of the twentieth century. Today Schumpeter is most well-known for his idea of “creative… More

Creative Destruction

– Coelho, Philip. "Creative Destruction." Econ In Motion. February 24, 2014.
Professor Philip Coelho of Ball State University explains “creative destruction,” the notion that economic cycles occur within capitalism as technology evolves over time.… More

The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)

– Boettke, Peter J. "The Austrian Tradition in Economics (with Peter J. Boettke)." Cato Institute. 2015.
From YouTube: Peter J. Boettke traces the Austrian School’s history from Carl Menger through Eugen Böhm-Bawerk and Joseph Schumpeter, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Murray… More