Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (born 1883)

Joseph Alois Schumpeter was an Austrian political economist. He served briefly as Finance Minister of Austria in 1919. In 1932, he emigrated to the United States to become a professor at Harvard University, where he remained until the end of his career, and in 1939 obtained American citizenship.

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.