The Good Society (ePub)
The Human Agenda
(Sprache: Englisch)
The legendary economist explains how a nation can remain both compassionate and fiscally sound, with "common sense raised to the level of genius" (The New Yorker).
This compact, eloquent book offers a blueprint for a workable national agenda that...
This compact, eloquent book offers a blueprint for a workable national agenda that...
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The legendary economist explains how a nation can remain both compassionate and fiscally sound, with "common sense raised to the level of genius" (The New Yorker).
This compact, eloquent book offers a blueprint for a workable national agenda that allows for human weakness without compromising a humane culture. Arguing that it is in the best interest of the United States to avoid excessive wealth and income inequality, and to safeguard the well-being of its citizens, he explores how the goal of a good society can be achieved in an economically feasible way.
Touching on topics from regulation, inflation, and deficits to education, the environment, bureaucracy, and the military, Galbraith avoids purely partisan or rigid ideological politics-instead addressing practical problems with logic and well-thought-out principles.
"Carefully reasoned . . . the pragmatically liberal Galbraith [argues] that both socialism and complete surrender to market forces are irrelevant as guides to public action." -Publishers Weekly
This compact, eloquent book offers a blueprint for a workable national agenda that allows for human weakness without compromising a humane culture. Arguing that it is in the best interest of the United States to avoid excessive wealth and income inequality, and to safeguard the well-being of its citizens, he explores how the goal of a good society can be achieved in an economically feasible way.
Touching on topics from regulation, inflation, and deficits to education, the environment, bureaucracy, and the military, Galbraith avoids purely partisan or rigid ideological politics-instead addressing practical problems with logic and well-thought-out principles.
"Carefully reasoned . . . the pragmatically liberal Galbraith [argues] that both socialism and complete surrender to market forces are irrelevant as guides to public action." -Publishers Weekly
Autoren-Porträt von John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was a critically acclaimed author and one of America's foremost economists. His most famous works include The Affluent Society, The Good Society, and The Great Crash. Galbraith was the recipient of the Order of Canada and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, and he was twice awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John Kenneth Galbraith
- 2017, 160 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Mariner Books
- ISBN-10: 0547349572
- ISBN-13: 9780547349572
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2017
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“Nearing 90 years of age and with 30 books to his credit, Galbraith is in a position to sit back and reflect. Contemplating what kind of society we can have and what kind we seem to want to have, he tries to reconcile the differences. Galbraith holds out—and holds out for—‘the good society.’ He knowingly appropriates this frequently used phrase, acknowledging that it was first used in the 1920s by Walter Lippmann in his same-titled ‘defense’ of the principles of liberalism. Timed to stir both voters and candidates, The Good Society calls for compassionate social responsibility. Galbraith suggests that the current political agenda that attacks the poor received the explicit support of less than one-fourth of the electorate, and he makes the case that the ‘haves’ can still have it without having to have it all. Because of who Galbraith is, this will be an important book, and libraries wanting to strengthen collections to cover topics relevant to the presidential election campaign may want extra copies.” —Booklist
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