Thomas Kincaid McCraw è stato uno storico economico americano il cui lavoro si è addentrato nelle figure ed eventi cruciali che hanno plasmato il panorama commerciale americano. Era noto per la sua meticolosa ricerca e la sua capacità di dare vita al passato attraverso narrazioni avvincenti. Le analisi di McCraw hanno offerto prospettive uniche sull'evoluzione e l'impatto dell'impresa nella storia moderna. Il suo lavoro accademico ha fornito una lente fondamentale per comprendere le forze che guidano il business e l'innovazione.
Drawing on Joseph A Schumpeter's writings, including many intimate diaries and letters, this biography paints the portrait of this magnetic figure who aspired to become one of the world's greatest economist, lover, and horseman - and admitted to failure only with the horses.
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works of social theory written in the twentieth Century. Schumpeter's contention that the seeds of capitalism's decline were internal, and his equal and opposite hostility to centralist socialism have perplexed, engaged and infuriated readers since the book's first publication in 1943. By refusing to become an advocate for either position, Schumpeter was able both to make his own great and original contribution and to clear the way for a more balanced consideration of the most important social movements of his and our time.
Mit 26 Jahren war Joseph A. Schumpeter jüngster Professor Österreichs, zwei Jahre später wurde er mit seiner Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung über Nacht weltberühmt. Dann war er Finanzminister - und Bankrotteur. Schumpeters Leben ist gezeichnet von tief tragischen Ereignissen. Während sein gleichaltriger Rivale John M. Keynes schon zu Lebzeiten größten Ruhm erlangt, stirbt Schumpeter 1950 in dem fatalen Glauben, sein Lebenswerk würde niemanden interessieren. Die Biografie von Thomas K. McCraw beweist das Gegenteil: ein Unzeitiger triumphiert doch noch.