ABSTRACT
The democracy of the United States at once attracted and repelled Joseph Schumpeter, who regarded the country as too democratic. Schumpeter's tastes in art and architecture were catholic, with a preference for the Gothic. He wandered through French cathedrals for hours, making sketches of windows and spires. He wanted to soak up the intelligence and insights of lively young people, as well as to experience the intellectual excitement that only a group of young minds on the move can provide. Schumpeter's special rapport with graduate students, young instructors, and assistant professors stands in stark contrast to his inability to get along well with some of his contemporaries. The flood of intellectual migrants from Europe to the United States had perhaps suggested that he may have just completed his last trip to Europe when he boarded the SS Scythia in Liverpool on 14 September 1935.
