- 1945-, Economic conditions, Economic policy, Economics
A discussion by a reknown economist, Galbraith, about the "more" society and how it operates.
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Cool, classical in form, earnest and grave.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- First published
- 1958
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Penguin, Signet
- Editions
- 49
- Language
- English, French, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780395243756
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“WEALTH IS NOT without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.”
John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, OC was a Canadian and, later, American economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual. As an economist, he leaned toward Post-Keynesian economics from an institutional perspective. Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard University for half a century as a professor of economics. He was a prolific author and wrote four dozen books, including several novels, and published more than a thousand articles and essays on various subjec
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