Schumpeter on money, banking and finance: An institutionalist perspective

Agnès Festré and Eric Nasica

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Abstract: In this paper, we provide an institutional interpretation of Schumpeter's analysis of money, banking and finance. This interpretation is founded on an overall investigation into Schumpeter's writings addressing those issues from different perspectives.In section 1, we discuss the widespread evolutionist interpretation of Schumpeter and rather assert an institutionalist perspective. In support of our interpretation, we highlight the specific role played by economic sociology in Schumpeter's methodological approach. Economic sociology, indeed, provides the foundations of a theory of institutions and institutional change, which is often undermined by the usual evolutionary interpretation. We believe, however, that taking this dimension seriously into account may have implications for our understanding of economic and institutional change in Schumpeter. Section 2 illustrates this general statement by focusing on Schumpeter's analysis of money, banking and finance, and their respective roles in the process of economic development.

Keywords: Schumpeter; Money; Credit; Financial system; Institutional change; Economic sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Published in European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2009, 16 (2), pp.325-356. ⟨10.1080/09672560902891101⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/09672560902891101

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