John Kenneth Galbraith

His Life, His Politics, His Economics

Richard Parker

820 pages, parution le 10/10/2006

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"Whatever you may think of his ideas, John Kenneth Galbraith has led an extraordinary life.... Doing justice to this life story requires an outsize biography, one that not only tells Mr. Galbraith's tale but sets it on the broader canvas of America's political and economic evolution. And Richard Parker's book does just that."Economist

"Parker's book is more than a chronicle of Galbraith's life; it's a history of American politics and policy from FDR through George W. Bush.... It will make readers more economically and politically aware."USA Today

"The most readable and instructive biography of the century."William F. Buckley, National Review

"The story of this man's life and work is wonderfully rendered in this magnum opus, and offers an antidote to the public ennui, economic cruelty, and government malfeasance that poison life in America today."James Carroll, Boston Globe

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was one of America's most famous economists for good reason. From his acerbic analysis of America's "private wealth and public squalor" to his denunciation of the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, Galbraith consistently challenged "conventional wisdom" (a phrase he coined). He did so as a witty commentator on America's political follies and as a versatile author of bestselling books-such as The Affluent Society and The New Industrial State-that warn of the dangers of deregulated markets, corporate greed, and inattention to the costs of our military power. Here, in the first full-length biography of Galbraith and his times, Richard Parker provides not only a nuanced portrait of this extraordinary man, but also an important reinterpretation of twentieth-century public policy and economic practices.

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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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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	The University of Chicago Press
Auteur(s)	Richard Parker
Parution	10/10/2006
Nb. de pages	820
Format	15,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	915g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780226646770
ISBN13	978-0-226-64677-0