Economist With a Public Purpose - Essays in Honour of John Kenneth Galbraith

Informationen zum Autor Michael Keaney Klappentext Galbraith's arguments are discussed by a group of economists in regards to current controversies and problems. Topics covered range from globalization and the role of the state to redistributive economic policies. The result is a collection that pays tribute to one of the most prominent, and yet still contemporarily relevant, economists of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This text discusses the continuing relevance of one of the most prominent economists of the twentieth century. The contributors explore the continuing relevance of Galbraith's arguments to current controversies and problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors, Acknowledgements, 1 John Kenneth Galbraith: economist with a public purpose, 2 The useful economist, 3 The making of a heterodox economist: the impact of Henry S.Dennison on the economic thought of John Kenneth Galbraith, 4 Social capital and political economy: Galbraith on states and groups, 5 The role of the state in the good society, 6 From Veblen to Galbraith: what is the essence of institutional economics?, 7 The virtues of their defects and the defects of their virtues: reflections on John Kenneth Galbraith and Thorstein Veblen, 8 The economist and business, 9 Galbraith, uncertainty and the modern corporation, 10 Progress denied: the unravelling of the New Industrial State, 11 Galbraith, globalism and the good life: making the best of the capitalist predicament, 12 The New Deal and ‘domesticated Keynesianism’ in America, 13 Adam Smith on the mercantile system: the unnecessary loss of America?, Index

Product details

• Authors: John Kenneth Galbraith, Michael Keaney, Michael (Mercuria Business School Keaney
• Assisted by: Michael Keaney (Editor), Keaney Michael (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2000
• EAN: 9780415212922
• ISBN: 978-0-415-21292-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy; Routledge Frontiers of Politic; Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy