Description: This book provides a unified and comprehensive analysis of the work of Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950), the world-famed economist ranked with John Maynard Keynes. Although Schumpeter is well known for his work on economic development and innovation, his aim to construct a universal social science addressing the evolution of mind and society is usually ignored. A major contribution to the history of economic thought, this book will be the standard of Schumpeter scholarship for years to come.
Review Quotes: "An expert on the life and work of Schumpeter, Yuichi Shionoya, professor emeritus of economics at Hitotsubashi University in Japan...has produced a definitive exploration of the intellectual evolution of one of the few `system builders' the discipline of ecnomics judicious, and sympathetic survey of the man's thought. Yuichi Shionoya has produced a most welcome and useful volume that will be of interest to specialists in the history of economic thought and intellectual historians alike. Schumpeter and the Idea of Social Science is a work that conveys a deep appreciation of the singularly complex and insightful nature of Schumpeter's remarkable contributions to social scientific thought." Michael A. Berstein, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences