Dunn The Economics of John Kenneth Galbraith

Introduction, Persuasion, and Rehabilitation
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-511-85530-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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The recent financial crisis has once again seen John Kenneth Galbraith return to the bestseller lists. Yet, despite the continued popular success of his works, Galbraith's contribution to economic theory is rarely recognised by today's economists. This book redresses the balance by providing an introductory and sympathetic discussion of Galbraith's theoretical contributions, introducing the reader to his economics and his broader vision of the economic process. The book highlights and explains key features of Galbraith's economic thought, including his penetrating critique of society, his distinctive methodology, his specific brand of Keynesianism and his original - but largely ignored - contribution to the theory of the firm. It also presents, for the first time, a detailed examination of Galbraith's monetary economics and revisits his analysis of financial euphoria. This unique work seeks to rehabilitate Galbraith's contribution, setting out several directions for possible future research in the Galbraithian tradition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunn, Stephen P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword James K. Galbraith; 1. The eclipse of the new industrial state?; 2. A life in our times; 3. The economics of J. K. Galbraith; 4. The methodology of J. K. Galbraith; 5. The general theory of advanced development; 6. Why people are poor; 7. Uncertainty and the modern corporation; 8. A theory of the multinational corporation; 9. The management of specific demand; 10. Money and the real world; 11. A man for our times; 12. The origins of the Galbraithian system: talking to J. K. Galbraith; Postscript: timeline to the great crash, 2008; References; Additional works by Galbraith; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dunn, Stephen P.
Dr Stephen P. Dunn is Director of Strategy at NHS East of England. He is an international authority on John Kenneth Galbraith and has published numerous articles on post-Keynesian economics and the economics of the firm in leading international journals. In 2000 he received the prestigious K. William Kapp Prize from one of Europe's largest economics associations. He is the author of The Uncertain Foundations of Post-Keynesian Economics (2006).