TY - BOOK AU - Stanfield,J.Ron TI - John Kenneth Galbraith SN - 9780230242685 (hardback) U1 - 923.3 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Economists KW - United States KW - Economics KW - History KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-244) and index; 1 Political Economy and the Useful Economist From the farm to the eve of war From war to Harvard redux From affluence to the turbulent 1960s The New Industrial State and beyond The public intellectual The dissenting Keynesian political economist The American pragmatist The heterodox economist The best-selling author 2 Political Economy in Agriculture, Depression, War, and Peace Agricultural and industrial organization We are Keynesians now Winning the peace A Theory of Price Control 3 Political Economy and the Art of Controversy American Capitalism The microeconomic debility of the conventional model The memory of the Great Slump The paradox of success The concept of countervailing power The problem of restraint The Great Crash The Art of Controversy 4 The Political Economy of Affluence The Affluent Society The conventional wisdom The dependence effect The theory of social balance The Liberal Hour Economic Development 5 The Political Economy of the Great Corporation Origin of the great corporation A note on method The imperative organization The nature of the great corporation The technostructure The great corporation and society The technostructure and society The revised sequence The social predicament The prospect for reform 6 Political Economy and the Public Purpose The second crisis of economic theory The imagery of choice The dual economy redux The state and the global economy The transnational context Economic development redux The test of anxiety Belief and the agenda for reform 7 Political Economy in the Conservative Hour Economic crises and the crisis of economics The Anatomy of Power The Culture of Contentment The Good Society 8 Political Economy and the Galbraithian Legacy Organization and adaptive efficiency Heterodox economic agency The cadre of progressive public intellectuals The good society and the reform agenda Conclusion ER -