Reader Works by Galbraith John (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HEAVY. xiv, 496pp, index. Six-line personal greeting on the front flyleaf. Page edges lightly foxed. Or cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 523 pages selected and arranged with a commentary by the editors of Gambit. index. Economics. Economics Économie politique. economics. Economics English John Kenneth Galbraith. Economist. Ambassador. Farmer. Political activist. Wit. A truly renaissance man turning his intellect and compassion towards the problems of the larger community of man. Here is the best of his writing, including selections from The Affluent Society, The Great Crash, The New Industrial State, and Money; together with more personal items, excerpts from his Ambassador?s Journal, and letters to President Kennedy describing a nation and a world moving towards crisis. Here is a glittering prose mosaic of the Galbraith style, a portrait of a great man for ever challenging the beliefs of his generation. ?A singular delight . . . the delight of consistent good prose, and of a thinking man thinking.? ? New York Times Cover design by Peter Rozycki, incorporating a photograph of J K Galbraith by Dennis Barna (Globe Photos Inc.) A Pelican Book Economics Current Events.…

Condition: Wie neu. 24 cm. XIV, 496 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Includes loosely inserted an interesting newspaper article by John Kenneth Galbraith "The Heartless Society - (As America becomes more affluent, we increasingly ignore or rationalize the plight of the poor). Includes: The Clansman as Candide / Berkeley in the Thirties / The Road from Iona Station / Germany was badly Run / American Capitalism / The Great Crash / The Affluent Society / Farming an Abondoned Farm / Communist China / etc. …

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Light shelf wear on front panel.; 9.1 X 6.5 X 1.8 inches; 496 pages.