This collection of interviews documents the long career of an influential economist and political philosopher who has spent much of his professional life in the public eye. The collection spans over four decades.
Interviews with John Kenneth Galbraith edited by James Ronald Stanfield and Jacqueline Bloom Stanfield For over half a century, Canadian-born John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908) has been among the most visible of public intellectuals. His articulate, controversial, best-selling books-including The Affluent Society, Economics and the Public Purpose, ...
This study examines the work of social theorist and novelist, Daniel Quinn, best-known for his award-winning novel, "Ishmael". It is the first comprehensive study of Quinn's philosophy, much of which directly concerns the crisis of planetary overuse. As an interpretive analysis, this is suitable for all audiences, including those unfamiliar with ...
This is a study of the need for an economics that addresses social provisioning in the context of power and culture. The author argues that such an approach is necessary to the development of an analysis that treats human wants and technology as endogenous variables, thereby avoiding the atavism inherent in conventional economics epistemology. ...
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