Can Capitalism Survive?: Creative Destruction and the Future of the Glob (Harper Perennial Modern Thought) - Softcover

Schumpeter, Joseph A

 
9780061928017: Can Capitalism Survive?: Creative Destruction and the Future of the Glob (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
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ISBN 10: 0061928011 ISBN 13: 9780061928017
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

"Schumpeter was the most farsighted of twentieth-century economists. His focus on capitalism and creative destruction made him the prophet of globalization." -- The Nation

In this new addition to the Harper Perennial Modern Thought series, preeminent economist Joseph Schumpeter, author of Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, offers his celebrated answer to question everyone is now asking: Can Capitalism Survive? His answer: "No. I do not think it can." Learn his fascinating reason why in this book of philosophy, considered by many economists to be the finest analysis of capitalism ever written.

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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.

From the Back Cover

Considered by many economists to be the finest analysis of capitalism ever written, Can Capitalism Survive? introduces Joseph A. Schumpeter's theory of "creative destruction," stating that in capitalist economies new innovations erode the position of established firms while also providing new and previously unforeseen avenues of economic growth. Today the effects of such advancements as Mp3s--replacing CDs, which in turn had replaced cassettes and vinyl records--have proven his ideas correct. Prophetically arguing that capitalist societies are also subject to "perennial gales" of destruction that wipe away fortunes, this great economist revealed the vast, often chaotic economic landscape of world capitalism. First published in Schumpeter's classic Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, here is an invaluable guide the global economy.

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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0061928011
ISBN 13 
9780061928017
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208

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