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John Kenneth Galbraith
James Ronald Stanfield
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Paperback. Series: Contemporary Economists S. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 261.
This book provides an intellectual portrait of John Kenneth Galbraith, an institutional economist who examines the configuration of power by the clusters of mores that comprise institutions. Galbraith proposes an aggressive social democratic policy to achieve social and economic reform. This policy includes explicit recognition that the state must intervene to countervail the power of entrenched political economic interests and to provide generous support of the arts and letters to achieve the affirmation of humanity.
This book provides an intellectual portrait of John Kenneth Galbraith, an institutional economist who examines the configuration of power by the clusters of mores that comprise institutions. Galbraith proposes an aggressive social democratic policy to achieve social and economic reform. This policy includes explicit recognition that the state must intervene to countervail the power of entrenched political economic interests and to provide generous support of the arts and letters to achieve the affirmation of humanity.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Economists S.
Number of Pages
185
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349247554
SKU
V9781349247554
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Ref
99-15
About James Ronald Stanfield
JAMES RONALD STANFIELD is Professor of Economics at Colorado State University. He has been honoured by the Association for Social Economics with its Helen Potter Award and its presidency. He was 1995 President of the Association for Institutional Thought. His previous books and over 100 articles, reviews and book chapters have been preoccupied with developing the critical theories of Marxism ... Read more
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