Schumpeter und das Sozialprodukt. Ein Beitrag zur Archäologie der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen in der ersten Hälfte des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts
The paper deals with the history of the term Sozialprodukt (social product) in the first half of the 20. Century. It explains the specific constellation in which the term was used in Germany instead of the international used national product (Nationalprodukt). The paper indicates that Schumpeter was the first to define the term Sozialprodukt or, at least, introduced it into the German discussion. This happened in 1911 in his Theory of Economic Development“, where he also introduced the innovative entrepreneur” for which only he is well known in Germany until today. In the nineteen twenties the term Sozialprodukt spread widely and has finally been accepted as an official term by the Statistisches Reichsamt in 1932 – although with a definition different from Schumpeter‘s.
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