| Description |
xiii, 255 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The larger dynamic -- 2. The great divide -- 3. The roots of disorder -- 4. Debt, inflation and John Maynard Keynes -- 5. The economics scene then : a digression -- 6. Portents -- 7. The Crash -- 8. The Great Depression -- 9. The New Deal -- 10. Revolution by John Maynard Keynes -- 11. The larger world -- 12. The second war -- 13. Britain and the other side -- 14. The peace, I -- 15. The peace, II -- 16. The good years -- 17. Decolonization, economic development -- 18. The Kennedy initiative -- 19. The war on poverty and the war -- 20. The dim years -- 21. Victory from defeat -- 22. The Reagan achievement -- 23. The great implosion -- 24. The uncertain miracle -- 25. The last chapter |
| Summary |
In this ambitious, eminently readable survey, John Kenneth Galbraith exhibits unmatched insight and broad scope - from World War I and the Russian Revolution to the implications of Communism's fall, from the "superbly insane decade of the twenties" and the Great Depression to the Reagan era and beyond. Whether he is analyzing the advent of Keynesian theory or the end of colonialism and the emergent Third World, Galbraith epitomizes the hindsight and the vision of one who has been an active and outspoken participant in the world's economic history. He writes with authority about the forging of Kennedy's New Frontier and Johnson's Great Society and examines the consequences of the "unintended history of the 1980s." Keenly observed and brilliantly composed, A Journey Through Economic Time is the crowning achievement of a remarkable career, a comprehensive and accessible view of twentieth-century economic and political history that will be read and referred to for years to come |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Library Journal Best Books |
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New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year |
| Subject |
Economic history -- 20th century.
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World politics -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
94004816 |
| ISBN |
0395637511 (hardback) |
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0395741750 (paperback) |
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9780395637517 (hardback) |
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9780395741757 (paperback) |
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