Libros de John Kenneth Galbraith

Historia De La Economía

• 344 páginas
• La última gran crisis económica ha puesto de manifiesto hasta qué punto dependemos de una ciencia menos fiable de lo que aparenta. Demasiado a menudo focaliza todos sus esfuerzos en el aumento de ganancias, mientras supuestos expertos...

La Cultura De La Satisfacción

• 208 páginas
• En este libro Galbraith entra a analizar en profundidad la situación del Estado, de los impuestos y del papel que deben desarrollar. Lo hace sin ningún tipo de tapujos. A lo largo del libro recorre temas tan delicados como la subclase funcio...

Theories Of The Labor Movement

• Respecting both the history a labor theories and the variety of theoretical points of view..

Does It Pay?: And The Page Man Asked The Question That Enters Into Every Business Transaction In These Intensely Practical Days. - J

• "Does It Pay?" ". . and the Page man asked the question that enters into every business

The Culture Of Contentment

• The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of..

Money

• Money is nothing more than what is commonly exchanged for goods or services, so why has understanding it become so complicated? In Money , renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith cuts through the confusions surrounding the subject to present a compellin...

The End Of Normal: The Great Crisis And The Future Of Growth

• 291 páginas
• The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe—and a stale argument between two false solutions, “austerityâ...

Letters To Kennedy

• 158 páginas
• 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. In an early letter, Galbraith mentions his "ambition...

John Kenneth Galbraith And The Future Of Economics

• 252 páginas
• This book examines the life and works of John Kenneth Galbraith and demonstrates how his non-conventional approach to economics is critical to understanding the trouble that currently exists within economics and economic policies. With new perspectives...

Beacons In The Night Beacons In The Night Beacons In The Night: With The Oss And Tito's Partisans In Wartime Yugoslavia With The Oss And Tito's Partis

• At midnight on May 14, 1944, the blinking of a flashlight in mountainous, German-occupied..

A Short History Of Financial Euphoria

• 128 páginas
• The world-renowned economist offers "dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds." — The Atlantic .

The Great Crash 1929

• 206 páginas
• Arguing that the 1929 stock market crash was precipitated by rampant speculation in the stock market, Galbraith notes that the common denominator of all speculative episodes is the belief of participants that they can become rich without work. It was Galb...

The Affluent Society

• John Kenneth Galbraith's classic investigation of private wealth and public poverty in postwar..

Estados Unidos Y El Fin Hegemo

The New Industrial State

• 518 páginas
• With searing wit and incisive commentary, John Kenneth Galbraith redefined America's perception of itself in The New Industrial State , one of his landmark works. The United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, Galbraith argues, but a structured...

A Tenured Professor

Name-dropping

• 194 páginas
• "Names? You want names? No one knows better ones than John Kenneth Galbraith" (San Diego Union-Tribune). With the dazzling insight, humor, and literary skill that mark Galbraith as one of the most distinguished writers of our time, Name-Dropping...

Economist With A Public Purpose

• Galbraith’s arguments are discussed by a group of economists in regards to current controversies and problems. Topics covered range from globalization and the role of the state to redistributive economic policies. The result is a collect...

A Life In Our Times

• The richly adventurous memoirs of one of the most dazzling public figures to dominate the..

American Capitalism

• 208 páginas
• In his new introduction to this classic text on political economy, Galbraith reasserts the validity of the core thesis of American Capitalism: The best and established answer to economic power is the building of countervailing power. The trade union remai...