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Access to society journal content varies across our titles. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, a time during which galbraith fulfilled the. In a time of conservative backlash, galbraith and ideas like histhat cupidity is the root of hardmoney policy, that money is as real as its social useare in exile from washington if not the vest pocket of the university. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 1970s and he filled the role of public intellectual in this period on matters of economics. Money, whence it came, where it went 1995 edition open. In a time of conservative backlash, galbraith and ideas like histhat cupidity is the root of hard money policy, that money is as real as its social useare in exile from washington if not the vest pocket of the university. John kenneth galbraith, born october 15, 1908, iona station, ontario, canadadied april 29, 2006, cambridge, massachusetts, u. A lot of the discussion gets complicated ih terse, though, so it can be tough going for a novice.
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For decades, the history of money was not a question that particularly engaged historians or other humanists. Debtbased money created by the banking system when someone takes out an interestbearing loan. John kenneth galbraith a renowned economist presents an accessible, farreaching history of the centurys economics from world war i and the russian revolution, through the depression and keynesian theory, to colonialisms collapse and the rise of the third world. I read a little about bank crises in europe in the s and the debate over gold standard to paper money, but if i had to take a test on this book, im sure id fail. Money, whence it came, where it went 1975 chapter i, money, p. Debt growth is governed by the formula for calculating compound interest.
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