Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

A tight and unmarked copy-" "This book is notable in more than one respect. The author, a leading theorist in the field of pure economics, here cuts loose and gathers into the sweep of his analysis psychological, cultural, historical, and political considerations that the pure economist is conventionally supposed to shun or to be incapable of handling. The result is a book as meaty and deep-probing as it is broad in its survey of the cultural forces which determine the evolution of institutions, particularly of economic systems. . . .On the whole, this is a 'must' book." - Political Science Quarterly About the Author: "Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1950) served as Austria's first finance minister, made and lost a fortune as an investment banker, and taught economics for many years at Harvard. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy is his best-known work."