Joseph Schumpeter Quotes


Nothing is so treacherous as the obvious.


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Joseph A. Schumpeter, 1883-1950, Austrian Economist, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

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Joseph Schumpeter
Joseph Schumpeter
  • Born: February 8, 1883
  • Died: January 8, 1950
  • Nationality: Austrian, American
  • Profession: Political Economist

Joseph Aloïs Schumpeter was an Austrian political economist. Born in Moravia, he briefly served as Finance Minister of Austria in 1919. In 1932, he became a professor at Harvard University where he remained until the end of his career, eventually obtaining U.S. citizenship. One of the most influential economists of the 20th century, Schumpeter popularized the term "creative destruction" in economics.