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- Schumpeter made many contributions to economic science and political theory, but he is best known for his 1942 book Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, which outlines the theory of dynamic economic growth known as creative destruction. He is also credited with the first German and English references to methodological individualism in economics.
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Schumpeter’s theory of development assigns paramount role to the entrepreneur and innovations introduced by him in the process of economic development. According to Schumpeter, the process of production is marked by a combination of material and immaterial productive forces.
Oct 23, 2012 · This article sheds light on the impact of Schumpeter’s Theory of Economic Development over the last 100 years, and identifies insights from that work that are less well-known, but that have the potential for informing current developments in evolutionary economics.
- Markus C. Becker, Thorbjørn Knudsen, Richard Swedberg
- 2012
Schumpeter's dynamic theory of economic development that we to- day understand as his theory of economic evolution pivoted on a causal structure and set of categories defined in his second chapter.
For some time after his death, Schumpeter's views were most influential among various heterodox economists, especially Europeans, who were interested in industrial organization, evolutionary theory, and economic development, and who tended to be on the other end of the political spectrum from Schumpeter and were also often influenced by Keynes ...
- Schumpeter’s Early Theory
- Schumpeter’s Later Theory
- The “Creative Destruction” Process of Innovation
Schumpeter pioneered the idea that entrepreneurial innovation was central to economic change and development. Schumpeter’s first theory about the role of the entrepreneur was presented in 1911 when he authored a book about the evolution of economies while he was a professor of economics and government at the University of Czernowitz. His book was t...
Schumpeter presented a further elaboration of his ideas after studying how the capitalist system is affected by market innovations. This contribution came in 1942, during the Second World War, in the book “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.” Schumpeter’s analysis came on the heels of the Great Depression when the defense of democracy and the stru...
According to Schumpeter, the innovational process revolutionizes the economic structure from within, relentlessly destroying the old one while continually creating a new one. The process of creative destruction is the essential attribute of capitalism (Schumpeter 1942, p. 83), and Schumpeter described, “the history of capitalism is studded with vio...
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Schumpeter argued with the prevailing view that “perfect” competition was the way to maximize economic well-being. Under perfect competition all firms in an industry produce the same good, sell it for the same price, and have access to the same technology.
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This article gives a centenary appreciation of the contributions to economic thought of Joseph A. Schumpeter, with special focus on his work, The Theory of Economic Development (TED).
