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Economist with a public purpose : essays in honour of John Kenneth Galbraith / edited by Michael Keaney.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 32.
- Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.
- Galbraith, John Kenneth.
- Economists--United States--Biography.
- Economists.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text discusses the continuing relevance of one of the most prominent economists of the twentieth century. The contributors explore the continuing relevance of Galbraith's arguments to current controversies and problems.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; John Kenneth Galbraith: economist with a public purpose; The useful economist; The making of a heterodox economist: the impact of Henry S. Dennison on the economic thought of John Kenneth Galbraith; Social capital and political economy: Galbraith on states and groups; The role of the state in the good society; From Veblen to Galbraith: what is the essence of institutional economics?; The virtues of their defects and the defects of their virtues: reflections on John Kenneth Galbraith and Thorstein Veblen
- The economist and business Galbraith, uncertainty and the modern corporation; Progress denied: the unraveling of the New Industrial State; Galbraith, globalism and the good life: making the best of the capitalist predicament; The New Deal and 'domesticated Keynesianism' in America; Adam Smith on the mercantile system: the unnecessary loss of America?; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-61456-X
- 1-134-61457-8
- 0-429-23241-1
- 1-280-31761-2
- 0-203-46116-9
- 0-203-25331-0
- 9780429232411
- OCLC:
- 84146177
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