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John Kenneth Galbraith and the Future of Economics

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  • © 2005

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  1. Blandine Laperche
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  2. Dimitri Uzunidis

    1. Research Group on Industry and Innovation (Lab.RII), University of Littoral Côte d’Opale, France

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Blandine Laperche, Dimitri Uzunidis
      Pages 1-11

  3. Back to John Kenneth Galbraith

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Galbraith: a Partisan Appraisal

      • James K. Galbraith
      Pages 15-24

    3. Where Do Galbraith’s Ideas Come From?

      • Richard Parker
      Pages 25-33

    4. Galbraith and the Post Keynesians

      • Paul Davidson
      Pages 34-39

    5. J.K. Galbraith: Economist of the Peace

      • Jacques Fontanel, Fanny Coulomb
      Pages 40-51

    6. John Kenneth Galbraith and the Uncompleted Task of Progress

      • Norman Birnbaum
      Pages 52-61

  4. The Trouble with Economists and Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Bias in Academic Economics: the Economics Salon

      • Jeff Madrick
      Pages 65-76

    3. Reframing Capitalism

      • James E. Sawyer
      Pages 77-86

    4. Power and Institutions in Macroeconomic Theory

      • John Cornwall, Wendy Cornwall
      Pages 87-104

    5. Reinventing Fiscal Policy

      • Philip Arestis, Malcolm Sawyer
      Pages 105-125

    6. Alternatives for the Policy Framework of the Euro

      • Philip Arestis, Malcolm Sawyer
      Pages 126-141

    7. Promoting Growth and Welfare in a Changing Europe: Economic Analysis and Policy

      • Jean-Luc Gaffard
      Pages 142-162

  5. Economies in a Global Context: a Programme of Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. The Future of the International Financial System

      • Paul Davidson
      Pages 165-179

    3. John Kenneth Galbraith and the Anatomy of Russian Capitalism

      • Stanislav Menshikov
      Pages 180-195

    4. Escaping the Squeeze: Lessons from East Asia on how Middle-income Countries can Grow Faster

      • Robert Hunter Wade
      Pages 196-213

    5. The Third World’s Debt Problem

      • Kunibert Raffer
      Pages 214-229
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About this book

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 on his work, this book proposes new answers to the economic challenges both industrialized and developing economies are facing.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Group on Industry and Innovation (Lab.RII), University of Littoral Côte d’Opale, France

    Dimitri Uzunidis

About the editors

PHILIP ARESTIS Director of Research, Centre of Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK and Professor of Economics, Levy Economics Institute, USA NORMAN BIRNBAUM Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center, USA JOHN CORNWALL Emeritus Professor of Economics, Dalhousie University, Canada WENDY CORNWALL Emeritus Professor of Economics, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada FANNY COULOMB Assistant Professor of Economics, University Piere Mendès France, France PAUL DAVIDSON Editor, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School University, USA JACQUES FONTANEL Professor of Economics, University Piere Mendès France, France JEAN-LUC GAFFARD Professor of Economics, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, IUF and OFCE, France JAMES K. GALBRAITH Lloyd M. Bentsen Jnr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA JEFF MADRICK Editor, Challenge Magazine and New York Times, USA STANISLAV MENSHIKOV Professor, Central Mathematical Economics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia RICHARD PARKER Professor in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government Faculty, Harvard University, USA KUNIBERT RAFFER Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria JAMES SAWYER Louis B. Gaffney Chair of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University, USA MALCOLM SAWYER Professor of Economics, Universityof Leeds, UK ROBERT WADE Professor of Political Economy, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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