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The good society : the humane agenda / John Kenneth Galbraith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996Description: vii, 152 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0395859980
  • 9780395859988
  • 1856195090
  • 9781856195096
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 330.01 20
LOC classification:
  • HB846 .G35 1997
Contents:
1. The Good Society --- 2. The Wider Screen --- 3. The Age of Practical Judgment --- 4. The Social Foundation --- 5. The Good Economy --- 6. Inflation --- 7. The Deficit --- 8. The Distribution of Income and Power --- 9. . The Decisive Role of Education --- 10. Regulation : The Basic Principles --- 11. The Environment --- 12. Migration --- 13. The Autonomous Military Power --- 14. The Bureaucratic Syndrome --- 15. Foreign Policy The Economic and Social Dimension --- 16. The Poor of the Planet I: The Shaping History --- 17. The Poor of the Planet II: What the Good Society Must Do --- 18. The Political Context.
Summary: Galbraith, at 90 years of age, has distilled a lifetime of observation, study and reflection into an apology for treating the poor with compassion, and maintaining economic opportunity, by shifting our emphasis away from certain unhelpful beliefs.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 330.126 GAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A136864B

Includes index.

1. The Good Society --- 2. The Wider Screen --- 3. The Age of Practical Judgment --- 4. The Social Foundation --- 5. The Good Economy --- 6. Inflation --- 7. The Deficit --- 8. The Distribution of Income and Power --- 9. . The Decisive Role of Education --- 10. Regulation : The Basic Principles --- 11. The Environment --- 12. Migration --- 13. The Autonomous Military Power --- 14. The Bureaucratic Syndrome --- 15. Foreign Policy The Economic and Social Dimension --- 16. The Poor of the Planet I: The Shaping History --- 17. The Poor of the Planet II: What the Good Society Must Do --- 18. The Political Context.

Galbraith, at 90 years of age, has distilled a lifetime of observation, study and reflection into an apology for treating the poor with compassion, and maintaining economic opportunity, by shifting our emphasis away from certain unhelpful beliefs.

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