Joseph A. Schumpeter: a theory of social and economic evolution

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. 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). INDICE: 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 EconomicHistory of Capitalist Evolution - The Transformation of the Capitalist Engine- The Capitalist Engine and Long-Term Social Evolution - The Last Years, 1943-1950 - References - Index

• ISBN: 978-1-4039-9627-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés