《资本主义、社会主义与民主》初版于1942年，是约瑟夫•熊彼特生前发表的*后一部著作。本书成书于资本主义**深陷经济危机泥沼之时，作为政治经济学家的熊彼特试图从社会主义制度的优越性视角来研究分析拯救资本主义社会的方法。作者通过40年里对社会主义的观察、思考及研究，汇在此书得到的结论是：“社会主义形式的社会将不可避免地从同样不可避免的资本主义社会的瓦解中出现”。

导读 1. The Marxian Doctrine Prologue Marx the Prophet Marx the Sociologist Marx the Economist Marx the Teacher 2.Can Capitalism Survive? Prologue The Rate of Increase of Total Output Plausible Capitalism The Process of Creative Destruction Monopolistic Practices Closed Season The Vanishing of Investment Opportunity Crumbling Walls The Obsolescence of the Entrepreneurial Function The Destruction of the Protecting Strata The Destruction of the Institutional Framework of Capitalist Society Growing Hostility The Social Atmosphere of Capitalism The Sociology of the Intellectual Decomposition 3. Can Socialism Work? Clearing Decks The Socialist Blueprint Comparison of Blueprints A Preliminary Point A Discussion of Comparative Efficiency The Case for the Superiority of the Socialist Blueprint The Human Element The Historical Relativity of the Argument About Demigods and Archangels The Problem of Bureaucratic Management Saving and Discipline Authoritarian Discipline in Socialism; a Lesson from Russia Transition Two Different Problems Distinguished Socialization in a State of Maturity Socialization in a State of Immaturity Socialist Policy Before the Act; the English Example 4. Socialism and Democracy The Setting of the Problem The Dictatorship of the Proletariat The Record of Socialist Parties A Mental Experiment In Search of a Definition The Classical Doctrine of Democracy The Common Good and the Will of the People The Will of the People and Individual Volition Human Nature in Politics Reasons for the Survival of the Classical Doctrine Another Theory of Democracy Competition for Political Leadership The Principle Applied The Inference Some Implications of the Preceding Analysis Conditions for the Success of the Democratic Method Democracy in the Socialist Order 5. A Historical Sketch of Socialist Parties Prologue The Nonage The Situation that Marx Faced From 1875 to 1914 English Developments and the Spirit of Fabianism Sweden on the One Hand and Russia on the Other Socialist Groups in the United States The German Party and Revisionism; the Austrian Socialists The Second International From the First to the Second World War The “Gran Rifiuto” The Effects of the First World War on the Chances of the Socialist Parties of Europe Communism and the Russian Element Administering Capitalism The Present War and the Future of Socialist Parties The Consequences of the Second World War England and Orthodox Socialism Economic Possibilities in the United States Russian Imperialism and Communism 术语汇编与简释