James Kenneth Galbraith (114 results)

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters offer a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith. Here is an intimate picture of the lives and minds of a political intellectual and an intellectual politician during a rich moment in American history.…

Condition: Good. Highly regarded economist James Galbraith presents a full-bore attack on the bankrupt economic policies of the Republican Party - and a much needed reality check on where to go from here.

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters offer a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith. Here is an intimate picture of the lives and minds of a political intellectual and an intellectual politician during a rich moment in American history.…

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HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any book priced at $10 or more, please just ask! American first edition, first printing. Published in 1998. Virtually no wear to jacket. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. …

1998 Galbraith, John Kenneth LETTERS TO KENNEDY Edited James Goodman Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998 158pp, index, black and white photographs 8vo Fine bright unread hardcover in fine d /j.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First edition. First edition, near fine hardcover shows bumping to bottom corners of covers, in very good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows touch of rubbing, wrinkling at bottom corners and closed tear with scotch tape mend at bottom corner of front panel. 158 pages including index. Still a pleasing copy of ".these letters that give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Harvard University Press, 1998. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition. 224 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.158 with index. Chapters include Politics, Economics and Foreign Affairs. A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith. clean tight copy.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Incisive and original, John Kenneth Galbraith wrote with an eloquence that burst the conventions of his discipline and won a readership none of his fellow economists could match. This Library of America volume, the first devoted to economics, gathers four of his key early works, the books that established him as one of the leading public intellectuals of the last century. In American Capitalism, Galbraith exposes with great panache the myth of American free-market competition. The idea that an impersonal market sets prices and wages, and maintains balance between supply and demand, remained so vital in American economic thought, Galbraith argued, because oligopolistic American businessmen never acknowledged their collective power. Also overlooked was the way that groups such as unions and regulatory agencies react to large oligopolies by exerting countervailing power--a concept that was the book's lasting contribution. The Great Crash, 1929 offers a gripping account of the most legendary (and thus misunderstood) financial collapse in American history, as well as an inquiry into why it led to sustained depression. Galbraith posits five reasons: unusually high income inequality; a bad, overleveraged corporate structure; an unsound banking system; unbalanced foreign ™ and, finally, "the poor state of economic intelligence." His account is a trenchant analysis of the 1929 crisis and a cautionary tale of ignorance and hubris among stock-market players; not surprisingly, the book was again a bestseller in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse. In The Affluent Society, the book that introduced the phrase "the conventional wisdom" into the American lexicon, Galbraith takes on a shibboleth of free-market conservatives and Keynesian liberals alike: the paramount importance of production. For Galbraith, the American mania for production continued even in an era of unprecedented affluence, when the basic needs of all but an impoverished minority had easily been met. Thus the creation of new and spurious needs through advertising--leading to skyrocketing consumer debt, and eventually a private sector that is glutted at the expense of a starved public sector. The New Industrial State stands as the most developed exposition of Galbraith's major themes. Examining the giant postwar corporations, Galbraith argued that the "technostructure" necessary for such vast organizations--comprising specialists in operations, marketing, and R&D--is primarily concerned with reducing risk, not with maximizing profits; it perpetuates stability through "the planning system." The book concludes with a prescient analysis of the "educational and scientific estate," which prefigures the "information economy" that has emerged since the book was published. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.…

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Softcover. 296 pp. Softcover. LCC: C910949093 Good condition; on covers: touches of wear on edges, and previous owner's name on cover; occassional pen underlining.