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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819201303321

Titolo

Economist with a public purpose : essays in honour of John Kenneth Galbraith / / edited by Michael Keaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 32

Altri autori (Persone)

GalbraithJohn Kenneth <1908-2006.>

KeaneyMichael <1968->

Disciplina

330/.092

Soggetti

Economists - United States

Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.