Causes and consequences

In Chapter 10 Schumpeter’s personal role in the bank and industrial group are explained along with the financial consequences of the failures that overshadowed his life until the early 1930s. His participation in the management of the Biedermannbank and in the strategic control of the industrial group are precisely documented and analysed. Finally, it is recorded in detail how he managed to gradually pay off his debts until the early 1930s. Thanks to the support of old friends, clever negotiations with his creditors and a good income as a professor and economic publicist, he succeeded step by step in overcoming the debts that threatened his existence. It was precisely during these years that he worked particularly hard on his money book, which he was unable to complete due to permanent financial worries.