Economics in Perspective : : A Critical History / / John Kenneth Galbraith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Galbraith, John Kenneth,
• MitwirkendeR: Parker, Richard,
• TeilnehmendeR: Parker, Richard.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

In Economics in Perspective, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith presents a compelling and accessible history of economic ideas, from Aristotle through the twentieth century. Examining theories of the past that have a continuing modern resonance, he shows that economics is not a timeless, obje...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• TO ACKNOWLEDGE
• CHAPTER 1. A Look at the Landscape
• CHAPTER 2. After Adam
• CHAPTER 3. The Enduring Interim
• CHAPTER 4. The Merchants and the State
• CHAPTER 5. The French Design
• CHAPTER 6. The New World of Adam Smith
• CHAPTER 7. Refinement, Affirmation- and the Seeds of Revolt
• CHAPTER 8. The Great Classical Tradition, 1: Around the Margins
• CHAPTER 9. The Great Classical Tradition, 2: The Mainstream
• CHAPTER 10. The Great Classical Tradition, 3: The Defense of the Faith
• CHAPTER 11. The Grand Assault
• CHAPTER 12. The Separate Personality of Money
• CHAPTER 13. American Concerns: Trade and Trusts; Enriched and the Rich
• CHAPTER 14. Completion and Criticism
• CHAPTER 15. The Primal Force of the Great Depression
• CHAPTER 16. The Birth of the Welfare State
• CHAPTER 17. John Maynard Keynes
• CHAPTER 18. Affirmation by Mars
• CHAPTER 19. High Noon
• CHAPTER 20. Twilight and Evening Bell
• CHAPTER 21. The Present as the Future, 1
• CHAPTER 22. The Present as the Future, 2
• INDEX