About this title: Fifteen original essays by eminent personalities in public life, journalism, economics, and the arts, written to honor the ninetieth birthday of one of the world's most famous economists The wide array of contributors to this celebratory volume reflects the richly varied life of John Kenneth Galbraith -- professor of economics and writer, public servant and ambassador, eminent collector of Indian art, and head of a gifted family. Each contributor writes from his or her own highly individual perspective, whether informed by politics, journalism, economics, academe, art -- or just as a good ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: hardbound
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1999(99)
ISBN-13:9780395971307ISBN:0395971306
Description: Very good minus, light edgewear, bottom back corner bumped. Clean, bright and tight. Very lightly edgeworn, lightly rubbed jacket. read more
Binding: HC
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1999 1st ptg
ISBN-13:9780395971307ISBN:0395971306
Description: fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in. 176pp. ISBN 0395971306 Sixteen of Galbraith's friends and colleagues collaborate on a book about him. This book pays homage to a man who has based his life on the belief that economics should be about people, not numbers. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780395971307ISBN:0395971306
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. (xvi) 176 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on black boards; beige endpapers; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This contains the following essays: A Quixote of the Plains by Carlos Fuentes; The Ambassadors Galbraith: Diplomatic Lessons from My Father by Peter Galbraith; Personal Recollections by Katharine Graham; Ken Galbraith as a Worldly Philosopher by Robert Heilbroner; The Pendulum Swings Back by ... read more
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