 The Role of the London School of Economics in the Formation of Schumpeter’s Socio-Economic DynamicsDaisuke Kobayashi History of Economics Review, 2025, vol. 90, issue 1, 19-37 Abstract: How Schumpeter’s theory of economic development was formed has been the subject of various discussions over the years, and the details of the process involved are gradually becoming clearer. Of course, the influence of the German Historical School (the GHS) on Schumpeter is well known. Especially, the youngest members of the school such as Weber and Sombart attempted to theorise about these social dynamic phenomena as well as Schumpeter. However, most researchers have ignored the influence of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on Schumpeter. The LSE was mainly founded by members of the Fabian Society, including Sidney Webb, and has many connections to the German Historical School. In this paper, the author will discuss the following: why Schumpeter chose to come to the LSE, as opposed to Cambridge or Oxford; the influences of the LSE anthropologists; and, finally, the relationship between Schumpeter’s theory of economic development and Sidney Webb’s lectures. Date: 2025 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rherxx:v:90:y:2025:i:1:p:19-37 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/10370196.2025.2526254 Access Statistics for this article History of Economics Review is currently edited by John Harry Bloch and John Hawkins More articles in History of Economics Review from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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