John Kenneth Galbraith
Subtitle: his life, his politics, his economics
By: Richard Parker
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 820
ISBN-13: 9780374281687
Subjects: Economische filosofie; Economists; Politieke geschiedenis; Biographies; Economen; Économistes; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [671]-784) and index.
Table of contents: title: On first coming to Cambridge; title: Growing up in special places; title: Harvard in the 1930s; title: American agriculture and the new deal; title: Getting ready for Keynes; title: Going to the temple; title: Moving on; title: toward war; title: Now comes war; title: Luce, Keynes, and "The American century"; title: Surveying the consequences of war; title: A new war beginning; title: Back to Harvard: new economics and new voices; title: Stevenson and the liberals; title: The affluent society: parting company with the mainstream; title: Kennedy, Sputnik, and "liberal growthmanship"; title: On the new frontier; title: India; title: Tragedy, triumph, tragedy; title: The new industrial state; title: Collisions; title: Galbraith and Nixon: two Keynesian presidents; title: The price of hypocrisy; title: The great unraveling; title: The economics of joy; title: Joy fades; title: Century's end; title: The Galbraith legacy.