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Title The affluent society and other writings, 1952-1967 / John Kenneth Galbraith.
Author Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.
Publication New York : Library of America, [2010]
Distribution New York : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Group (USA)
Copyright date ©2010
Description 1,098 pages ; 21 cm.
Call # 330.973 G
Series The Library of America ; 208
Library of America ; 208.
Note "James K. Galbraith is the editor of this volume"--P. facing t.p. verso.
Contents American capitalism: the concept of countervailing power -- The Great Crash, 1929 -- The affluent society -- The new industrial state -- Appendix: from The affluent society, first edition 1958: The illusion of national security.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 1056-1066) and index.
Summary Galbraith wrote with an eloquence that burst the conventions of his discipline and won a readership none of his fellow economists could match. This volume gathers four of his key early works, the books that established him as one of the leading public intellectuals of the last century.
Subject Economics -- United States -- History.
United States -- Economic policy.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
Stock Market Crash, 1929.
Stock Market Crash (1929) (OCoLC)fst01133536
Depressions. (OCoLC)fst00890969
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025
Economics. (OCoLC)fst00902116
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Since 1929
Genre History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Addl. Author Galbraith, James K.
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006. American capitalism.
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006. Great Crash, 1929.
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006. Affluent society.
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006. New industrial state.
Spine Ti Affluent society & other writings, 1952-1967
ISBN 9781598530773 (alk. paper)
1598530771 (alk. paper)

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