20th Century American History - Economic Aspects - General & Miscellaneous, History of Economics, Economists

John Kenneth Galbraith

Name: John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: Stanfield, James Ronald , Stanfield, Jacqueline Bloom
ISBN: 9780230242685

by Stanfield, James Ronald, Jacqueline Bloom

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This book examines the life and work of John Kenneth Galbraith, a truly iconic figure in progressive modern liberalism and a seminal influence in the rise of heterodox political economy. It emphasizes his continuing relevance to the current research of today, and to the multifaceted crisis of democratic capitalism.

About the Author, Stanfield, James Ronald , Stanfield, Jacqueline Bloom

JAMES RONALD STANFIELD is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Colorado State University.

JACQUELINE STANFIELD is Emerita Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Northern Colorado.

They have done collaborative research on Galbraith, consumer behaviour, gender and family issues, and ecological and social sustainability. The Galbraithian influence is apparent in their work on consumer craft knowledge, the Nurturance Gap, and the Great Capitalist Restoration. From Galbraith's work, as well that of Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, Max Weber, Joseph Schumpeter, Karl Polanyi, Adolph Lowe, and Robert Heilbroner, it is evident that lives and livelihood, or the place of economy in society, has been and remains the central problematic of the capitalist social structure of accumulation, growth, and change. James and Jacqueline continue to work together, when they can spare the time from their grandchildren.

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Provides an intellectual portrait of the institutional economist, looking in depth at his trilogy, "The Affluent Society", "The New Industrial State", and "Economics and the Public Purpose", as well as other works. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.