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Author:

Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.

Title:

Annals of an abiding liberal / John Kenneth Galbraith ; edited by Andrea D. Williams.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

1979

Description:

xiv, 384 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Galbraith, John Kenneth,--1908-2006.
Economists--United States--Biography.
Economics.
Economistas--EE. UU.--Biografía.
Economía política--Discursos, ensayos, conferencias.
Économistes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Économie politique.
Economie.
Economen.

Other Authors:

Williams, Andrea D.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Appendix: Powerful and useful economist. The valid image of the modern economy -- Economists and the economics of professional contentment -- The higher economic purpose of women -- The conservative majority syndrome -- The multinational corporation: how to put your worst foot forward or in your mouth -- What comes after General Motors -- The founding faith: Adam Smith's Wealth of nations -- Defenders of the faith, I: William Simon -- Defenders of the faith, II: Irving Kristol -- Defenders of the faith, III: Wright and Slick -- Who was Thorstein Veblen? -- A note on the psychopathology of the very affluent -- 2. Personal history: My forty years with the FBI -- The North Dakota Plan -- Berlin -- Germany: July 20, 1944 -- The Indian-Pacific train -- Seven wonders -- Circumnavigation 1978 -- 3. The arts and...: Evelyn Waugh -- Anthony Trollope -- Writing and typing -- John Bartlow Martin and Adlai Stevenson -- 4. ...the dubious arts: Last word on the Hiss case? -- Bernard Cornfeld: benefactor -- Robert Vesco: swindler -- Should stealing form the rich be punished? -- The global strategic mind -- John Dean, ambition and the White House -- RN: The memoirs of Richard Nixon -- Appendix: Powerful and useful economist.

ISBN:

9780395276174
0395276179

LCCN:

79015782

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TJPC492 -- Bellevue Public Library (Bellevue)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)