{"title":"Books by John Kenneth Galbraith","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780241468081","title":"The Great Crash 1929","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most engrossing books I have ever read' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith's now-classic account of the 1929 stock market collapse remains the definitive book on the most disastrous cycle of boom and bust in modern times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVividly depicting the causes, effects, aftermath and long-term consequences of financial meltdown, Galbraith also describes the people and the corporations who were affected by the catastrophe. With its depiction of the 'gold-rush fantasy' ingrained in America's psychology, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Crash 1929\u003c\/i\u003e remains a penetrating study of human greed and folly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201585807538,"sku":"9780241468081","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241468081_917921a5-72ca-47ca-8108-b3cbaf257752.jpg?v=1786012422"},{"product_id":"9780140153958","title":"A History of Economics","description":"A book explaining the history of economics; including the powerful and vested interests which moulded the theories to their financial advantage; as a means of understanding modern economics.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56224004047221,"sku":"9780140153958","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780140153958_c03fd613-440b-47b5-8fab-e96f27db1549.jpg?v=1786010991"},{"product_id":"9780140285192","title":"The Affluent Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith's international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Affluent Society \u003c\/i\u003eis a witty, graceful and devastating attack on some of our most cherished economic myths.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  As relevant today as when it was first published over forty years ago, this newly updated edition of Galbraith's classic text on the 'economics of abundance', lays bare the hazards of individual and social complacency about economic inequality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Why worship work and productivity if many of the goods we produce are superfluous - artificial 'needs' created by high-pressure advertising? Why begrudge expenditure on vital public works while ignoring waste and extravagance in the private sector of the economy? Classical economics was born in a harsh world of mass poverty, and has left us with a set of preconceptions ill-adapted to the realities of our own richer age. And so, too often, 'the bland lead the bland'. Our unfamiliar problems need a new approach, and the reception given to this famous book has shown the value of its fresh, lively ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A compelling challenge to conventional thought'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'He shows himself a truly sensitive and civilized man, whose ideas are grounded in the common culture of the two continents, and may serve as a link between them; his book is of foremost importance for them both'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith \u003c\/b\u003e(1908-2006) was a Canadian-American economist. A Keynesian and an institutionalist, Galbraith was a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and progressivism. Galbraith was the author of 30 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Economics of Innocent Fraud\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Crash: 1929\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA History of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56224719864181,"sku":"9780140285192","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780140285192_8e927790-53a8-4e4e-aebd-68f516c6eefc.jpg?v=1786011209"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-john-kenneth-galbraith.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}