Men of Deed vs. Bureaucratic Cripples: Joseph A. Schumpeter’s Experiences during his Time in Vienna and their Influence on his Later Work
摘要
Joseph A. Schumpeter’s relevance in economic discourse declined noticeably from the late 1930s onwards. The caravan moved on without him for a long time. His “rediscovery” in the last decades of the twentieth century was linked to trends in supply-side economics and evolutionary economics, as well as to discussions about the future of capitalism in light of the decline of numerous state socialist systems around 1990. In the following article, I explain how I came to study Schumpeter at that time. I then outline some insights into his activities in Vienna after the First World War and provide an outlook on how these shaped his further work.