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Personal Anecdotes from Joseph Schumpeter's Life
Several anecdotes illustrate Joseph Schumpeter's personality. As a young professor in Austria, he successfully engaged in a duel with the university librarian to guarantee students' access to books. He also famously stated his three life ambitions were to be the world's greatest economist, Austria's greatest horseman, and Vienna's best lover, humorously claiming that only the decline of the cavalry prevented him from achieving all three.
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