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Episode Synopsis
What Is Creative Destruction?
The phrase was popularized by economist Joseph Schumpeter in the 1940s. In his book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, he described capitalism as a system of constant upheaval — where new innovations relentlessly destroy old ways of doing things.
His exact words?
“The process of industrial mutation... incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one. This process of creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.”
It’s not just a side effect — it’s the main event.
Innovation doesn’t politely add new features. It breaks things. It replaces jobs, bankrupts old businesses, and reorganizes entire markets.
The phrase was popularized by economist Joseph Schumpeter in the 1940s. In his book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, he described capitalism as a system of constant upheaval — where new innovations relentlessly destroy old ways of doing things.
His exact words?
“The process of industrial mutation... incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one. This process of creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.”
It’s not just a side effect — it’s the main event.
Innovation doesn’t politely add new features. It breaks things. It replaces jobs, bankrupts old businesses, and reorganizes entire markets.
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