The best horse in the Viennese stables: Gottfried Haberler and Joseph Schumpeter

Stephan Boehm ()

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2015, vol. 25, issue 1, 107-115

Abstract: Haberler knew Schumpeter as a mentor, colleague and fatherly friend for almost 25 years. His well-known obituary of Schumpeter, besides offering an overview of Schumpeter’s work, brings to light a wealth of biographical information, invaluable spadework for future biographers. The obituary draws attention to various facets of Schumpeter’s multi-layered personality and notes the ironical tone in his writings. Schumpeter draws on irony as a rhetorical strategy when he considers the prospects for capitalism in Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. The ironical mode as a common ploy for dealing with disaster is ingrained in the Austrian culture of Schumpeter’s youth. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Keywords: Gottfried Haberler; Joseph A. Schumpeter; Paul A. Samuelson; Demise of capitalism; Self-destruction thesis; Irony as a rhetorical strategy; Austrian roots of Schumpeter’s ironical tone; B13; B25; B31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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