Joseph A. Schumpeter

A Theory of Social and Economic Evolution
2011. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4039-9627-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Great Thinkers in Economics

This book examines Schumpeter's dramatic theory of social and economic evolution as the pivot of his life and work, resolving apparent paradoxes and clarifying Schumpeter's challenges to economists and other social scientists.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andersen, Esben S

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Early Schumpeter, 1883-1913 From Equilibrium Economics to Evolutionary Economics The Entrepreneur versus the Economic System Railroadisation as Schumpeter's Standard Example Intermezzo, 1914-1925 Towards a General Theory of Social Evolution The Little Mecca for Economists, 1925-1932 The Harvard Professor and His Projects, 1932-1942 The Evolutionary Trilogy and the Schumpeterian Models The Basic Functioning of the Capitalist Engine The Complex Function of the Capitalist Engine The Economic History of Capitalist Evolution The Transformation of the Capitalist Engine The Capitalist Engine and Long-Term Social Evolution The Last Years, 1943-1950 References Index

Über Autor(innen)

ESBEN SLOTH ANDERSEN is Professor of Evolutionary Economics at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has previously held the position of President of the International Schumpeter Society and he received the Gunnar Myrdal Prize in 2010. Recent publications include Evolutionary Economics: Post-Schumpeterian Contributions (1994) and Schumpeter's Evolutionary Economics (2009).