GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
American Capitalism, The Affluent Society, The New Industrial State.
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking": First Editions of John Kenneth Galbraith's Economic Trilogy; Each volume Signed by Him
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952-1967.
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First editions of each of the economist's economic trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Each are signed by John Kenneth Galbraith, The New Industrial State is inscribed. Each are fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Uncommon signed.
Galbraith's major intellectual contributions lie in the trilogy, American Capitalism, The Affluent Society and The New Industrial State. American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power (1952) which asserts that growth of economic power in one economic sector tends to induce countervailing power from those who must bargain with the powerful. This book solidified Galbraith's position as a continuing spokesperson for the New Deal perspective in economics. Galbraith coupled the new economics of John Maynard Keynes with the New Deal corporatist view, as did other Institutionalists of the time. Galbraith's breakthrough as a best-selling author came with The Affluent Society for which he was honored with the American Economic Association's prestigious presidency. The book also influenced both the Great Society program and the rise of the American "counterculture" in the 1960s.
American Capitalism, The Affluent Society, The New Industrial State.
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