The real edition is collection of works of prominent economist Йозефа Шумпетера (1883-950), that were selected for a publication by an author, but came into the world as a book only subsequent to his death. Each of entering a book biographic-theoretical essays is sanctified to life and labours of classics of economic science, working in the second half of XIX - first half of XX of century, with majority from that Шумпетер was by a sign personally.A book is of interest not only for specialists on history of economic idea but also for the wide circle of readers.