Nesmith Library

A journey through economic time, a firsthand view, John Kenneth Galbraith

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

A journey through economic time

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John Kenneth Galbraith

a firsthand view

In this ambitious, eminently readable survey, John Kenneth Galbraith exhibits unmatched insight and broad scope - from World War I and the Russian Revolution to the implications of communism's fall, from the "superbly insane decade of the twenties" and the Great Depression to the Reagan era and beyond. Whether he is analyzing Keynesian theory or the end of colonialism, and the emergent Third World, Galbraith epitomizes the hindsight and the vision of one who has been an active and outspoken participant in the world's economic history. He writes with authority about the forging of Kennedy's New Frontier and Johnson's Great Society and examines the consequences of the "unintended history of the 1980's."

Introduction -- The larger dynamic -- The great divide -- The roots of disorder -- Debt, inflation and John Maynard Keynes -- The economics scene then: A digression -- Portents -- The crash -- The Great Depression -- The New Deal -- Revolution by John Maynard Keynes -- The larger world -- The second war -- Britain and the other side -- The peace, I -- The peace II -- The good years -- Decolonization, economic development -- The Kennedy initiative -- The war on poverty and the war -- The dim years -- Victory from defeat -- The Reagan achievement -- The great implosion ==- The uncertain miracle -- The last chapter -- Index