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        I should have added the following from Schumpeter, also in the preface to the
English edition for its charm and eloquence. In explaining why he did not make more than
expository alterations, he wrote:
          
        "...books, like children, become independent beings when once they leave the
parents' home. They lead their own lives, while the authors lead their own also. It will
not do to interfere with those who have become strangers to the house. This book has
fought its own way, and rightly or wrongly has won its place in German literature of its
time and field."
          
        This is interesting from a man who did not have children. Notice also the
reference to "literature", rather than economics literature. Only works like his could
claim such broad acclaim.
          
        Sumitra Shah 
 
                 
                  
                  
 
 
 
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