The age of uncertainty / John Kenneth Galbraith.
By: Galbraith, John Kenneth
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Contributor(s): British Broadcasting Corporation.
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BookPublisher: London : British Broadcasting Corporation: Deutsch, 1977Description: 366 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0563128879; 0233968474 .Subject(s): Economic history | Economics -- HistoryDDC classification: 320.531
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 320.531 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00053901 |
Includes index.
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Kirkus Book Review
Mr. Campbell has fathered other books like this which appeared in England--Super-horror, The Height of the Scream, Demons by Daylight--much like crime writer Edmund Hall in this one who is interested in the affiliated casualties of a girl's brother, a man's mother, and a freaky kid's cat. A mingy little story and the only dumbfounding thing about it is the progression from penny dreadful to pound foolish to $8.95. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.Author notes provided by Syndetics
John Kenneth Galbraith is a Canadian-born American economist who is perhaps the most widely read economist in the world. He taught at Harvard from 1934-1939 and then again from 1949-1975. An adviser to President John F. Kennedy, he served from 1961 to 1963 as U.S. ambassador to India. His style and wit in writing and his frequent media appearances have contributed greatly to his fame as an economist.Galbraith believes that it is not sufficient for government to manage the level of effective demand; government must manage the market itself. Galbraith stated in American Capitalism (1952) that the market is far from competitive, and governments and labor unions must serve as "countervailing power." He believes that ultimately "producer sovereignty" takes the place of consumer sovereignty and the producer - not the consumer - becomes ruler of the marketplace.
(Bowker Author Biography)