“The carrying out of new combinations we call 'enterprise'; the individuals whose function it is to carry them out we call 'entrepreneurs.'”

About Joseph Alois Schumpeter

Economist • Austrian-American

Joseph Alois Schumpeter was an influential Austrian-American economist and political scientist renowned for his contributions to economic theory. He is most famous for popularizing the term 'creative destruction' to...

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