03202oam 2200697I 450 991081920130332120240402115910.01-134-61456-X1-134-61457-80-429-23241-11-280-31761-20-203-46116-90-203-25331-010.4324/9780203461167 (CKB)111056485540044(EBL)166477(OCoLC)84146177(SSID)ssj0000143809(PQKBManifestationID)11162159(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143809(PQKBWorkID)10112830(PQKB)11003237(MiAaPQ)EBC166477(Au-PeEL)EBL166477(CaPaEBR)ebr10053929(CaONFJC)MIL31761(OCoLC)52073199(EXLCZ)9911105648554004420180331d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEconomist with a public purpose essays in honour of John Kenneth Galbraith /edited by Michael Keaney1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2001.1 online resource (287 p.)Routledge frontiers of political economy ;32Description based upon print version of record.0-415-75817-3 0-415-21292-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 VeblenThe 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?; IndexThis 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.Routledge frontiers of political economy ;32.EconomistsUnited StatesBiographyEconomicsEconomistsEconomics.330/.092Galbraith John Kenneth1908-2006.33228Keaney Michael1968-1648738MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819201303321Economist with a public purpose3997101UNINA