Joseph Schumpeter
Former Finance Minister of German-Austria
Joseph Alois Schumpeter was an Austrian political economist. He served briefly as Finance Minister of Austria in 1919. In 1932, he emigrated to the United States to become a professor at Harvard University, where he remained until the end of his... Wikipedia
Born: February 8, 1883, Třešť, Czechia
Died: January 8, 1950 (age 66 years), Taconic, Salisbury, CT
Influenced: Peter Drucker, Israel Kirzner, Milton Friedman, and more
Influenced by: John Maynard Keynes, Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, and more
Education: University of Vienna and Theresianum
Academic advisors: Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk and Friedrich von Wieser