Joseph Alois Schumpeter : the public life of a private man / Wolfgang F. Stolper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stolper, Wolfgang F., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library ; 5259

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schumpeter, Joseph A., 1883-1950.

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Economics--History--20th century.

Economics.

Economists--United States--Biography.

Economists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 400 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this major scholarly study of the life of Joseph A. Schumpeter, one of the great intellectual figures of the twentieth century, the distinguished economist Wolfgang Stolper delves into the mind of his former teacher, exploring the development of his ideas and, especially, their influence on politics and public policy. After reflecting briefly on Schumpeter the man, Stolper explains the evolution of Schumpeter's work, particularly his insights during the 1920s on public finance, his contributions to monetary theory and the study of business cycles, and his writings on socialism. Stolper goes on to desribe and evaluate Schumpeter's public activities following World War I and his role as a finance minister, placing the development of his thought in the turbulence political context of his times.Drawing on a vast array of new and exciting sources, Stolper paints a portrait of his mentor as a decent, ambitious, and complex man whose many insights into economy and society found their way outside of the academy and into the practical world of economic policy. All readers interested in the history of economic thought and twentieth-century political and intellectual history will find this book invaluable.Wolfgang Stolper is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Michigan. He is author of The Structure of the East German Economy and Planning Without Facts and has made seminal contributions to international economics.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword: Joseph A. Schumpeter / Haberler, Gottfried

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1. The Aim of This Biography

CHAPTER 2. A Brief Curriculum Vitae

PART I: THE THEORETICAL BASES OF ECONOMIC POLICY: STATICS, DYNAMICS, AND EVOLUTION; OR, HISTORY MATTERS

CHAPTER 3. Economics as a Science

CHAPTER 4. Most Interesting Things That Can Be Said about Factor Prices, Money, and Interest Are Dynamic

CHAPTER 5. Cycles

CHAPTER 6. Three Formal Models: A Digression

CHAPTER 7. History and the Theoretical Analysis of Capitalist Evolution

PART II: SOCIALISM; OR, THE EVOLUTION OF CAPITALISM

CHAPTER 8. Prediction and the Interaction of Economic and Social Change

CHAPTER 9. How the Definitions of Capitalism and Socialism Follow from Schumpeter's Analysis of the Development Process

CHAPTER 10. Implications of Schumpeter's Analysis and Societal Reactions against the March into Socialism

PART III: POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE OUTSIDER; OR, COPING WITH NATIONALISM

CHAPTER 11. The Crisis of the Tax State

CHAPTER 12. Political Activities behind the Scenes

CHAPTER 13. The German Coal Socialization Commission

PART IV: THE MINISTER OF FINANCE; OR, COPING WITH DISASTER

CHAPTER 14. Initial Problems

CHAPTER 15. Public Speeches and Activities in Parliament

CHAPTER 16. The Finanzplan

CHAPTER 17. Cabinet Discussion of the Finanzplan

CHAPTER 18. The Kola Affair and the Socialization of the Alpine-Montan-Gesellschaft

CHAPTER 19. The Final Days

PART V: PUBLICIST AND INVESTMENT BANKER; OR, MAKING THE BEST OF IT

CHAPTER 20. Participant in Economic Policy Discussions

CHAPTER 21. Bank President and Investment Activities

PART VI: THE THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF CURRENT POLICIES; OR, TRYING TO PREVENT ANOTHER FAILURE

CHAPTER 22. Monetary Policies: The 1920s

CHAPTER 23. Monetary Policy: The Great Depression and the Post-Second World War Inflation

CHAPTER 24. Fiscal Policy

CHAPTER 25. Epilogue

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-388) and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691043050

0691043051

9780691194493

0691194491

OCLC:

1132227436