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1 online resource (ix, 274 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 32
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Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 32.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; John Kenneth Galbraith: economist with a public purpose; The useful economist; The making of a heterodox economist: the impact of Henry S. Dennison on the economic thought ofJohn Kenneth Galbraith; Social capital and political economy: Galbraith on states and groups; The role of the state in the good society; FromVeblen to Galbraith: what is the essence of institutional economics?; The virtues of their defects and the defects of their virtues: reflections on John Kenneth Galbraith and ThorsteinVeblen. |
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The economist and businessGalbraith, uncertainty and the modern corporation; Progress denied: the unravelling of the New Industrial State; Galbraith, globalism and the good life: making the best of the capitalist predicament; The New Deal and 'domesticated Keynesianism' in America; Adam Smith on the mercantile system: the unnecessary loss of America?; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.
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Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006. |
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Economists -- United States -- Biography.
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Economists. |
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United States. |
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Economics.
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Economics. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Feestbundels (vorm)
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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Biographies.
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Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.
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Keaney, Michael, 1968-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Economist with a public purpose. London ; New York : Routledge, 2001 0415212928 (DLC) 00042216 (OCoLC)44128275 |
| ISBN |
0203253310 (electronic book) |
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9780203253311 (electronic book) |
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9780203461167 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0203461169 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780415212922 (hardbound) |
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0415212928 (hardbound) |
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