Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life Of A Private Man (Princeton Legacy Library, 5257) - 9780691607665

In this major scholarly study of the life of Joseph A. Schumpetter, one of the great intellectual figures of the twentieth century, the distinguished economist WOlfgang Stolper delves into the mindof his former teacher, exploring the development of his ideas and, especially, their influence on politics and public policy. After reflecting briefly on Schumpetter 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 ministre, 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 hi smentor as a decent, ambitious, and complex man whose many insights into economy and society found their way outside of the academy and into the ptractical world of economic policy. All readers interested in the history of econo ic thought and twntieth-century political and intellectrual 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. Of related interest to this new book is Richard Swedberg's Schumpeter: A Biography, advertised on p.27 of this catalog. 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.

• | Author: Wolfgang F. Stolper
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 15, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 424 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0691607664
• | ISBN-13: 9780691607665