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John Kenneth Galbraith's international bestseller The Affluent Society is a witty, graceful and devastating attack on some of our most cherished economic myths. As relevant today as when it was first published over forty years ago, this newly...

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'One of the most engrossing books I have ever read' Daily Telegraph John Kenneth Galbraith's now-classic account of the 1929 stock market collapse remains the definitive book on the most disastrous cycle of boom and bust in modern t...

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A book explaining the history of economics; including the powerful and vested interests which moulded the theories to their financial advantage; as a means of understanding modern economics.

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Reviews the major speculative episodes of the last three centuries, providing important lessons on speculative economics through the author's insights. John Kenneth Galbraith is the author of "The Affluent Society", "Almost Everyone...

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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...

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Of Galbraith's classic examination of the 1929 financial collapse, the Atlantic Monthly said:"e;Economic writings are seldom notable for their entertainment value, but this book is. Galbraith's prose has grace and wit, and he distills a good d...

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The economist introduces his blueprint for an equitable society that shows compassion for the poor while providing economic opportunity to all its citizens.

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Originally published in 1955, Galbraith's book examines the 1929 financial collapse. This new edition is being published on the 80th anniversary of the Great Crash, even as Americans look for perspective on the current global financial crisis.

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John Kenneth Galbraith has long been at the center of American economics, in key positions of responsibility during the New Deal, World War II, and since, guiding policy and debate. His trenchant new book distills this lifetime of experience in th...

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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.

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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 ...

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John Kenneth Galbraith's third novel, A Tenured Professor, is at once an intriguing tale of morality and a comic delight. Montgomery Martin, a Harvard economics professor, creates a stock forecasting model, which makes it possible for him to uncov...

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Everybody talks about price control, but not many of us know what to expect of it, and when and how it should be used. In nontechnical language, Galbraith supplies the underlying economic ideas which will help readers understand how particular con...

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"Originally given as lectures at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva and at Radcliffe Institute."--Title page verso.

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No detailed description available for "Graduate Education for Women".

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A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith. In an early letter, Galbraith mentions his "a...

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What is surprising about these essays is not the insight and grace with which they are writtenwe have come to expect thatbut the fact that nobody has expressed matters in quite this way before. John Kenneth Galbraith writes about what advice the p...

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With searing wit and incisive commentary, John Kenneth Galbraith redefined America's perception of itself in The New Industrial State, one of his landmark works. The United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, Galbraith argues, but ...

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In Economics in Perspective, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith presents a compelling and accessible history of economic ideas, from Aristotle through the twentieth century. Examining theories of the past that have a continuing modern reson...

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The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class--not the privileged few but the socially and economically advantaged maj...

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Money is nothing more than what is commonly exchanged for goods or services, so why has understanding it become so complicated? In Money, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith cuts through the confusions surrounding the subject to present a co...

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"'... and the Page man asked the question that enters into every business transaction in these intensely practical days.'--JKG."

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the Unit...

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The world-renowned economist offers "e;dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds."e;—The Atlantic.

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