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Economist With a Public Purpose Michael Keaney

Economist With a Public Purpose By Michael Keaney

Economist With a Public Purpose by Michael Keaney


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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.

Economist With a Public Purpose Summary

Economist With a Public Purpose: Essays in Honour of John Kenneth Galbraith by Michael Keaney

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.

Table of Contents

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

Additional information

NPB9780415212922
9780415212922
0415212928
Economist With a Public Purpose: Essays in Honour of John Kenneth Galbraith by Michael Keaney
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2000-12-21
288
N/A
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