Can Capitalism Survive?: Creative Destruction and the Future of the Global Economy

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

ISBN 10: 0061928011 / ISBN 13: 9780061928017

Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Can Capitalism Survive?: Creative Destruction and the Future of the Global Economy
• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061928011
• ISBN 13: 9780061928017
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine

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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.

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.