John Kenneth Galbraith and the Future of Economics

ISBN-13: 9781403996169 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 252 str.

Blandine Laperche; Dimitri Uzunidis

Opis

This book examines the life and works of John Kenneth Galbraith and demonstrates how his non-conventional approach to economics is critical to understanding the trouble that currently exists within economics and economic policies. With new perspectives on his work, this book proposes new answers to the economic challenges both industrialized and developing economies are facing.

Spis treści

Preface; J.K.Galbraith PART 1: BACK TO JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH Galbraith: A Partisan Appraisal; J.K.Galbraith Where Did Galbraith's Ideas Come From? R.Parker Galbraith and the Post Keynesians; P.Davidson J.K. Galbraith, Economist of the Peace; J.Fontanel & F.Coulomb John Kenneth Galbraith and the Incompleted Task of Progress; N.Birnbaum PART 2: THE TROUBLE WITH ECONOMISTS AND POLICIES The Bias in Academic Economics: The Economics Salon; J.Madrick Reframing Capitalism; J.Sawyer Power and Institutions in Macroeconomic Theory; J.Cornwall & W.Cornwall Reinventing Fiscal Policy; P.Arestis & M.Sawyer Alternatives for the Policy Framework of the Euro; P.Arestis & M.Sawyer Promoting Growth and Welfare in a Changing Europe; J-L.Gaffard PART 3: ECONOMIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: A PROGRAM OF ACTION The Future of the International Financial System; P.Davidson John Kenneth Galbraith and the Anatomy of Russian Capitalism; S.Menshikov Escaping the Squeeze: Lessons from East Asia on How Middle-Income Countries can Grow Faster; R.Wade The Third World's Debt Problem; K.Raffer Global Organization and Developing Countries: Current Aspects of Neo-mercantilism and of the Global Framework of Accumulation; D.Uzunidis

O autorze

PHILIP ARESTIS Director of Research, Centre of Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK and Professor of Economics, Levy Economics Institute, USA NORMAN BIRNBAUM Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center, USA JOHN CORNWALL Emeritus Professor of Economics, Dalhousie University, Canada WENDY CORNWALL Emeritus Professor of Economics, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada FANNY COULOMB Assistant Professor of Economics, University Piere Mendès France, France PAUL DAVIDSON Editor, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University, USA JACQUES FONTANEL Professor of Economics, University Piere Mendès France, France JEAN-LUC GAFFARD Professor of Economics, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, IUF and OFCE, France JAMES K. GALBRAITH Lloyd M. Bentsen Jnr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA JEFF MADRICK Editor, Challenge Magazine and New York Times, USA STANISLAV MENSHIKOV Professor, Central Mathematical Economics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia RICHARD PARKER Professor in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government Faculty, Harvard University, USA KUNIBERT RAFFER Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria JAMES SAWYER Louis B. Gaffney Chair of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University, USA MALCOLM SAWYER Professor of Economics, University of Leeds, UK ROBERT WADE Professor of Political Economy, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK