About the book: 2011 / This publication is a collection of works by the outstanding economist Joseph Schumpeter (1883–950), which were selected for publication by the author himself , but saw the light in book form only after his death. Each of the biographical and theoretical essays included in the book is dedicated to the life and works of the classics of economic science who worked in the second half of the 19th - first half of the 20th century, most of whom Schumpeter knew personally. The book is of interest not only to specialists in the history of economic thought, but and for a wide range of readers.