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The Age of Uncertainty: A History of Economic Ideas and Their Consequences
The Age of Uncertainty A History of Economic Ideas and Their Consequences Author:John Kenneth Galbraith Sweeping history of the twentieth century in the West from its intellectual and economic foundations to 1979 (the year it was produced). Replete with acute insights on capitalism, revolutions, corporations and economic change that are very relevant to the present day. — Issued the same year as the English edition and the BBC series of the same na... more »me, Galbraith’s book offers history and commentary on some of the most important developments and characters in economic theory, including Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, communism, and free markets.
Table of Contents
1.The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism 2.The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism 3.The Dissent of Karl Marx 4.The Colonial Idea 5.Lenin and the Great Ungluing 6.The Rise and Fall of Money 7.The Mandarin Revolution 8.The Fatal Competition 9.The Big Corporation 10.Land and People 11.The Metropolis 12.Democracy, Leadership, Commitment « less