John Kenneth Galbraith : his life, his politics, his economics
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Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : 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 -- Conclusion : the Galbraith legacy
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : 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 -- Conclusion : the Galbraith legacy
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