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John Kenneth Galbraith : his life, his politics, his economics
- Title
- John Kenneth Galbraith : his life, his politics, his economics / Richard Parker.
- Author
- Parker, Richard, 1946-
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
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- Description
- x, 820 p., [32] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-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.
- Call Number
- JBE 05-689
- ISBN
- 0374281688 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004057595
- OCLC
- 56103973
- Author
- Parker, Richard, 1946-
- Title
- John Kenneth Galbraith : his life, his politics, his economics / Richard Parker.
- Imprint
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-784) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JBE 05-689