Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

By Thomas K. McCraw

Book Overview

Drawing on all of Schumpeter's writings, including many intimate diaries and letters, this biography paints the full portrait of a magnetic figure who aspired to become the world's greatest economist, lover, and horseman - and admitted to failure only with the horses.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674025237
• ISBN13: 9780674025233
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.4"