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He viewed the [[entrepreneur]] as the prime mover of [[capitalism]], and that in seeking profits the entrepreneur creates innovative organizational methods and production techniques. This innovation causes economic growth, but also leads to business cycles, which leads to disfavor of capitalism.
He viewed the [[entrepreneur]] as the prime mover of [[capitalism]], and that in seeking profits the entrepreneur creates innovative organizational methods and production techniques. This innovation causes economic growth, but also leads to business cycles, which leads to disfavor of capitalism.
Schumpeter argued that capitalism is constantly re-inventing itself through innovation and improvements for greater efficiency which leads to economic benefits to the wider society as a whole, a process he called [[creative destruction]]. [[Unemployment]] and worker retraining are downside effects of creative destruction, as older industries are replaced by technological improvements, lower costs, and rising living standards in the greater population.
Schumpeter argued that capitalism is constantly re-inventing itself through innovation and improvements for greater efficiency, which leads to economic benefits to the wider society as a whole, a process he called [[creative destruction]]. [[Unemployment]] and worker retraining are downside effects of creative destruction, as older industries are replaced by technological improvements, lower costs, and rising living standards in the greater population.
Schumpeter's theory stands in contrast to [[Marxist]] economic theory, which focuses on keeping stale, outdated, and stagnant industries alive by operating on a thin margin, or forbidding [[profit]]-making completely, leaving nothing for maintenance, upkeep, improvements, or competitiveness.
Schumpeter's theory stands in contrast to [[Marxist]] economic theory, which focuses on keeping stale, outdated, and stagnant industries alive by operating on a thin margin, or forbidding [[profit]]-making completely, leaving nothing for maintenance, upkeep, improvements, or competitiveness.