Author
Parker, Richard, 1946-
Title
John Kenneth Galbraith : his life, his politics, his economics / Richard Parker.
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Format
Book
Biography, Autobiography
Description
x, 820 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Link
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol052/2004057595.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/2004057595.html
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [671]-784) and index.
Contents
On first coming to Cambridge -- Growing up in special places -- Harvard in the 1930s -- American agriculture and the new deal -- Getting ready for Keynes -- Going to the temple -- Moving on--toward war -- Now comes war -- Luce, Keynes, and "The American century" -- Surveying the consequences of war -- A new war beginning -- Back to Harvard: new economics and new voices -- Stevenson and the liberals -- The affluent society: parting company with the mainstream -- Kennedy, Sputnik, and "liberal growthmanship" -- On the new frontier -- India -- Tragedy, triumph, tragedy -- The new industrial state -- Collisions -- Galbraith and Nixon: two Keynesian presidents -- The price of hypocrisy -- The great unraveling -- The economics of joy -- Joy fades -- Century’s end -- The Galbraith legacy.
ISBN
0374281688 (alk. paper)
Per.Sub.
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-
Subject
Economists -- United States -- Biography.
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