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Schumpeter Centenary
In June we published four essays marking the centenary of the birth of Maynard Keynes. A number of readers asked for an article on 1983's other centenarian economist, Joseph Schumpeter. Here it is.
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The centenary of Joseph Schumpeter's birth has not brought forth an avalanche of academic tributes and retrospectives. There is no Schumpeter industry to compare with the one on Keynes. No pop biographies. No "Schumpeter and the Post-Schumpeterians". Yet his academic reputation at the height of his powers was of the same order, and the impact of his analysis continues to be strongly felt.
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