The religious quality of Marxism also explains a characteristic attitude of the orthodox Marxist toward opponents. To him, as to any believer in a Faith, the opponent is not merely in error but in sin. Dissent is disapproved of not… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
The state has been living on a revenue which was being produced in the private sphere for private purposes and had to be deflected from these purposes by political force. The theory that construes taxes on the analogy of club… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
In economic life competition is never completely lacking, but hardly ever is it perfect. — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
All we can thus far say about the duration of the units of [the business cycle] and each of [its] two phases is that… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
The religious quality of Marxism also explains a characteristic attitude of the orthodox Marxist toward opponents. To him, as to any believer in a… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Want and effective demand are not the same thing. If they were, the poorest nations would be the ones to display the most vigorous… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
I know that it is not enough to be remembered for books and theories. One does not make a difference unless it is a… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production. — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Surely, nothing can be more plain or even more trite common sense than the proposition that innovation [...] is at the center of practically… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
![“All we can thus far say about the duration of the units of [the business cycle] and each of [its] two phases is that it will depend on the nature of the particular innovations that carry a cycle,... and the financial conditions and habits prevailing in the business community in each case.” quote by Joseph A. Schumpeter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d28/joseph-a-schumpeter-9723_business_all-we-can-thus-far-say-about-the-durati_219232.jpg)
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