Practice question · Multiple choice
Knight says the entrepreneur bears uncertainty, Schumpeter says they destroy the old order, Kirzner says they spot what others missed. A founder who opens the first vegan bakery in town is which?
Hints
- Take the three claims one at a time and check each against the same founder.
- Ask whether the theorists were describing different people or the same act from different angles.
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D. Arguably all three, since they describe different faces of one act
Why
One founder pays rent before any customer arrives, spots what the market missed, and takes trade from the old bakery, three theories, one person. Treating them as rival labels rather than overlapping lenses is the standard exam error, and it flattens the richest figure in the subject.
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