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Economics in perspective : a critical history / John Kenneth Galbraith, with a new foreword by Richard Parker.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]Description: xix, 361 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691171647
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB75 . G148e 2017
Contents:
Contenidos: Foreword – Richard Parker (página ix) To Acknowledge (página xix) A Look at the Landscape (p. 1) After Adam (p. 10) The Enduring Interim (p. 23) The Merchants and the State (p. 35) The French Design (p. 51) The New World of Adam Smith (p. 63) Refinement, Affirmation—and the Seeds of Revolt (p. 80) The Great Classical Tradition, 1: Around the Margins (p. 98) The Great Classical Tradition, 2: The Mainstream (p. 113) The Great Classical Tradition, 3: The Defense of the Faith (p. 124) The Grand Assault (p. 139) The Separate Personality of Money (p. 154) American Concerns: Trade and Trusts; Enriched and the Rich (p. 170) Completion and Criticism (p. 195) The Primal Force of the Great Depression (p. 211) The Birth of the Welfare State (p. 229) John Maynard Keynes (p. 241) Affirmation by Mars (p. 259) High Noon (p. 274) Twilight and Evening Bell (p. 290) The Present as the Future, 1 (p. 307) The Present as the Future, 2 (p. 318) Index (p. 327)
Summary: Economics in Perspective is a broad, critical, and highly readable history of economic thought from antiquity through the 20th century, written by one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, John Kenneth Galbraith. Rather than treating economics as a rigid, technical science, Galbraith argues that economic ideas have always been shaped by their social, political, and historical settings. The book critiques mainstream neoclassical economics and highlights the roles of thinkers like: Adam Smith (the foundations of capitalism), Karl Marx (economic determinism and socialism), John Maynard Keynes (macroeconomics and the welfare state), and corporate power in the modern era. His narrative blends economics with storytelling, often laced with wit and skepticism, making it accessible to students, general readers, and critics of economic orthodoxy.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) HB75 . G148e 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000193365

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contenidos: Foreword – Richard Parker (página ix)
To Acknowledge (página xix)

A Look at the Landscape (p. 1)

After Adam (p. 10)

The Enduring Interim (p. 23)

The Merchants and the State (p. 35)

The French Design (p. 51)

The New World of Adam Smith (p. 63)

Refinement, Affirmation—and the Seeds of Revolt (p. 80)

The Great Classical Tradition, 1: Around the Margins (p. 98)

The Great Classical Tradition, 2: The Mainstream (p. 113)

The Great Classical Tradition, 3: The Defense of the Faith (p. 124)

The Grand Assault (p. 139)

The Separate Personality of Money (p. 154)

American Concerns: Trade and Trusts; Enriched and the Rich (p. 170)

Completion and Criticism (p. 195)

The Primal Force of the Great Depression (p. 211)

The Birth of the Welfare State (p. 229)

John Maynard Keynes (p. 241)

Affirmation by Mars (p. 259)

High Noon (p. 274)

Twilight and Evening Bell (p. 290)

The Present as the Future, 1 (p. 307)

The Present as the Future, 2 (p. 318)

Index (p. 327)

Economics in Perspective is a broad, critical, and highly readable history of economic thought from antiquity through the 20th century, written by one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, John Kenneth Galbraith.

Rather than treating economics as a rigid, technical science, Galbraith argues that economic ideas have always been shaped by their social, political, and historical settings. The book critiques mainstream neoclassical economics and highlights the roles of thinkers like:

Adam Smith (the foundations of capitalism),

Karl Marx (economic determinism and socialism),

John Maynard Keynes (macroeconomics and the welfare state),

and corporate power in the modern era.

His narrative blends economics with storytelling, often laced with wit and skepticism, making it accessible to students, general readers, and critics of economic orthodoxy.

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