Desc: The Man Who Discovered Capitalism: Directed by Detlef Siebert. With Vitus Wieser. PROPHET OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION tells the extraordinary story of the man who discovered how capitalism really works: Joseph Schumpeter. For decades, he was all but forgotten - until the digital revolution gave new traction to Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction. The film intertwines the story of Schumpeter's tumultuous life with the story of the digital revolution to show why today Schumpeter's ideas matter more than ever.