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"John Kenneth Galbraith: The Economist as Political Theorist is a comprehensive analysis of Galbraith's political economy, placing him within the development and evolution of twentieth-century American liberalism. Waligorski examines the continuing link between politics and economics in American political discourse by locating Galbraith in a framework of liberal and conservative theory, controversy, alternatives, and policy."--Jacket.
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This festschrift, assembled to honor Galbraith's 80th birthday, is a mix of general think-pieces, theoretical analyses and personal tributes. The contributors, who include George Ball, Robert Lekachman, Paul Samuelson, and Wassily Leontief, reassess Galbraith's contribution to economics. Mary Kaldor argues that the Cold War no longer works and seeks alternatives to high levels of military spending. Leontief urges a second Marshall Plan, based on a...
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"John Kenneth Galbraith is America's most famous economist for good reason. A witty commentator on America's political follies and a versatile author of bestselling books that warn prophetically of the dangers of deregulated markets, corporate greed, and inattention to the costs of our military power, Galbraith always makes economics relevant to the crises of the day. This first authorized biography is, in Richard Parker's hands, an important reinterpretation...
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Few individuals have participated so diversely in the cultural and political life of both the nation and the world as Galbraith. The Harvard economist was ambassador to India and an author and journalist. This volume brings together short pieces published over the past three decades and includes his views on world affairs, domestic politics and literary matters. Arranged in nine parts, the essays deal with a variety of subjects, and include the author's...
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"Drawing on a lifetime of access to many of the greatest public figures, Galbraith creates a rich and uniquely personal history of the century - a history he helped to shape. We are invited to hear FDR on the Great Depression and World War II, Albert Speer, the Third Reich's architect and armaments minister, on the boorishness and incompetence of the Nazi leadership; John F. Kennedy, from youth to the presidency; Jacqueline Kennedy's shrewd judgments...
10) The economists
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Introduces the lives and principal ideas of five leading economists living today Paul Anthony Samualson, Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Wassily Leontief and Kenneth E. Boulding.
11) A China passage
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General study of China with particular reference to the economy thereof, resulting from a short visit undertaken in september 1972 - covers historical and political aspects, the impact of the revolution for cultural change, employment, agricultural production, industrial production, education, health services, public finance, living conditions, etc. Illustrations and references.
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Conrad Waligorski argues that, despite individual differences, liberal economists are bound together by a common vision of the public good. Collectively, these thinkers represent a strong countertradition to the laissez-faire, free-market philosophy of James Buchanan, Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, Newt Gingrich, and other proponents of minimalist government and trickle-down economics. Waligorski locates the roots of the liberal economic tradition in...
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