The world-renowned economist offers -dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds.---The Atlantic.
The world-renowned economist offers -dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent pla...
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Reuss believes there was a time when government worked, when the economy was functioning, the long overdue civil rights movement had begun to blossom and the government had integrity. In this memoir of his life in politics he blasts the political forces that led to the disintegration of the Golden Age.
Reuss believes there was a time when government worked, when the economy was functioning, the long overdue civil rights movement had begun to blossom ...
The paradox of 'globalization' is that it both weakens and activates social forces of resistance. This book establishes the centrality of 'the political' in our understanding of globalization and explores the new 'strategies of resistance' emerging on local, national, regional and global scales. Its impressively wide-ranging set of contributors engage in re-thinking what practices now constitute viable political strategies in the world economy, focusing on popular responses to neoliberal globalization and the rearticulation of society, politics and the state.
The paradox of 'globalization' is that it both weakens and activates social forces of resistance. This book establishes the centrality of 'the politic...
The richly adventurous memoirs of one of the most dazzling public figures to dominate the American scene over the last decades "As a raconteur and a literary stylist he stands with the best. . . . As entertainment, the book is a total success."--The New York Times Book Review "Absorbing and irresistible."--The New Yorker "A highly perceptive commentary on all our yesterdays . . . anecdotal, amusing, animated and above all, illuminating."--John Barkham Reviews "An enjoyable book, full of fun, full of wisdom, and full of rare...
The richly adventurous memoirs of one of the most dazzling public figures to dominate the American scene over the last decades "As a racon...
This compact, tightly argued, and eloquent book is the quintessential John Kenneth Galbraith, the manifesto of the "abiding liberal." In defining the characteristics of a good society and creating the blueprint for a workable agenda, Galbraith allows for human weakness without compromising a humane culture, and recognizes barriers that hinder but do not defeat a responsible, stable, and hopeful future.
This compact, tightly argued, and eloquent book is the quintessential John Kenneth Galbraith, the manifesto of the "abiding liberal." In defining the ...
John Kenneth Galbraith's classic investigation of private wealth and public poverty in postwar America
With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith gets at the heart of what economic security means in The Affluent Society. Warning against individual and societal complacence about economic inequity, he offers an economic model for investing in public wealth that challenges "conventional wisdom" (a phrase he coined that has since entered our vernacular) about the long-term value of a production-based economy and the true...
John Kenneth Galbraith's classic investigation of private wealth and public poverty in postwar America
John Kenneth Galbraith is arguably one of the most prominent economists of the 20th century. His best-selling works on the changing nature of the United States' political economy have challenged the conventional wisdom and his perspective has had a significant impact on the way people all over the world think about economics. The contributing economists to this text discuss the continuing relevance of Galbraith's arguments to current controversies and problems. The issues that are explored range from globalization and the role of the state to redistributive economic policies. Also addressed...
John Kenneth Galbraith is arguably one of the most prominent economists of the 20th century. His best-selling works on the changing nature of the Unit...
Japan's economic reconstruction after total defeat in the Second World War has been an extraordinary phenomenon. Shigeto Tsuru, one of Japan's most eminent economists gives a comprehensive account of the recovery process, and a unique interpretation of the postwar Japanese economy.
Japan's economic reconstruction after total defeat in the Second World War has been an extraordinary phenomenon. Shigeto Tsuru, one of Japan's most em...
Key selections are featured from many of the classic works by the world's most eminent economist. The author's new introductions to each of the essays place the works in their historical moment and make clear their enduring relevance today.
Key selections are featured from many of the classic works by the world's most eminent economist. The author's new introductions to each of the essays...
Drawing on a lifetime of access to many great public figures, the famous economist offers a clear-eyed, unsparing, and amusing "look at prominent people . . . [he] has known, from FDR on" (Larry King, "USA Today") and offers a rich and uniquely personal history of the century he helped to shape. A "New York Times" Notable Book. 8-page insert.
Drawing on a lifetime of access to many great public figures, the famous economist offers a clear-eyed, unsparing, and amusing "look at prominent peop...
