In his substantial new introduction John E. Elliott discusses the salient ideas of The Theory of Economic Development against the historical background of three great periods of economic thought in the last two decades.

This book is the outcome of a bibliographical research and historical analysis of the evolution of the international literature on J.A. Schumpeter.

All readers interested in the history of economic thought and twentieth-century political and intellectual history will find this book invaluable.

Less well-known are his seminal works published before he left Europe for the United States in 1942. In particular for the first time the missing Chapter Seven of his Theory of Economic Development has been published in this volume.

This book provides a unified and comprehensive analysis of the work of Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950), the world-famed economist ranked with John Maynard Keynes.

As a backdrop to these, Swedberg also discusses Schumpeter's tragic personal life. This book provides a thorough overview of Schumpeter's writings, and also introduces previously unpublished material based on his letters and interviews.

This book is the outcome of a bibliographical research and historical analysis of the evolution of the international literature on J.A. Schumpeter.

Less well-known are his seminal works published before he left Europe for the United States in 1942. In particular for the first time the missing Chapter Seven of his Theory of Economic Development has been published in this volume.

The destruction of businesses, fortunes, products, and careers is the price of progress toward a better material life.