Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The eclipse of The New Industrial State?
- 2 A life in our times
- 3 The economics of John Kenneth Galbraith
- 4 The methodology of John Kenneth Galbraith
- 5 The general theory of advanced development
- 6 Why people are poor
- 7 Uncertainty and the modern corporation
- 8 A theory of the multinational corporation
- 9 The management of specific demand
- 10 Money and the real world
- 11 A man for our times
- 12 The origins of the Galbraithian system: talking to John Kenneth Galbraith
- References
- Additional works by Galbraith
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The eclipse of The New Industrial State?
- 2 A life in our times
- 3 The economics of John Kenneth Galbraith
- 4 The methodology of John Kenneth Galbraith
- 5 The general theory of advanced development
- 6 Why people are poor
- 7 Uncertainty and the modern corporation
- 8 A theory of the multinational corporation
- 9 The management of specific demand
- 10 Money and the real world
- 11 A man for our times
- 12 The origins of the Galbraithian system: talking to John Kenneth Galbraith
- References
- Additional works by Galbraith
- Index
Summary
Political economy is an art as well as a science. John Kenneth Galbraith has always been a creative artist in formulating theories of the social world. His fabrications constitute the stuff of economic science.
Paul A. Samuelson (1989: 128)April 29, 2006 marked the end of an era – it was the day that John Kenneth (Ken) Galbraith died. This was a great loss. Galbraith was a hugely influential figure in shaping and influencing the course of events and intellectual debate over the long twentieth century. Nevertheless, many of the tributes and obituaries that followed identified him principally with a vision of the postwar economy dominated by large bureaucratic corporations, unfettered by the demands of consumers and financiers alike – something unthinkable today. In the days that followed his death, little serious reflection was given to Galbraith's lasting contributions to, and place in, the study of economics. The purpose of this book is to seek to fill this gap and offer an accessible introduction to Galbraith and his ideas, and present some suggestions for further research and analysis in the Galbraithian tradition.
This book draws on previous writings that have been brought together to facilitate Galbraithian scholarship. I have sought to reduce duplication and adopt a more coherent approach to Galbraith's economics, seeking to achieve four principal objectives. First, I have sought to provide an introductory and sympathetic discussion of the salient theoretical contributions of J. K. Galbraith.
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- The Economics of John Kenneth GalbraithIntroduction, Persuasion, and Rehabilitation, pp. xiv - xviiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010