Economics

Joseph Schumpeter on the Economics and Sociology of Capitalism

ABSTRACT

Schumpeter is best known for his book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. Conferees were introduced to a number of Schumpeter's lesser-known works dealing with the nature, development, and future of capitalism, most of which are collected in The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Swedberg, Richard, eds. Joseph A. Schumpeter: The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991.

Schumpeter, Joseph A. Essays on Entrepreneurs, Innovations, Business Cycles, and the Evolution of Capitalism. Edited by Richard V. Clemence. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1989.