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Joseph A. Schumpeter (Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers)

Joseph A. Schumpeter (Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers)

by JohnMedearis (Author)

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Synopsis

Joseph Schumpeter (1883 - 1950) was one of the foremost economic thinkers of the twentieth century. Today Schumpeter is most well-known for his idea of 'creative destruction'. This is the notion that a market economy is simultaneously creative and destructive and therein lies the process of renewal that is central to the endurance and also the unpopularity of capitalism. Schumpeter's work also contains one of the most important conservative critiques of mass democracy. Schumpeter argued that mass democracy had totalitarian tendencies and was likely to degenerate into the tyranny of the popular.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 14 Mar 2013
ISBN 10: 1441126333
ISBN 13: 9781441126337
Book Overview: This volume in the Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers focuses on Joseph Schumpeter, an influential 20th century thinker.

Media Reviews
The volumes in this timely series comprise the most comprehensive body of material on conservative and libertarian thought yet published in a single project devoted to the subject. The series will prove an indispensable tool not only for those concerned with the history of political thought but also for those who confront the challenging task of constructing a viable contemporary conservative identity. Professor Meadowcroft had a difficult editorial task, to which he has responded with a judicious choice of thinkers and topics. Noel O'Sullivan, Professor of Political Philosophy, the University of Hull, UK.
Author Bio
John Medearis is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy (Harvard University Press, 2000).