Schumpeter's genius, ideas and chaotic personal life.(BOOKS)

From: The Washington Times | Date: July 8, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Marisa Morrison, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"DESPAIR," scrawled economist Joseph Schumpeter in large letters across a page in his diary. His third wife, Elizabeth, had just been diagnosed with cancer, and he was so distraught that he contemplated killing himself. His suicidal musings had little to do with wild ideas about romantic love; rather, it was "irrational to continue to live" - in his words - without the woman who carefully tended to his mental healt...

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