John Kenneth Galbraith. Economist. Ambassador. Farmer. Political activist. Wit. A truly renaissance man turning his intellect and compassion towards the problems of the larger community of man. Here is the best of his writing, including selections from The Affluent Society, The Great Crash, The New Industrial State, and Money; together with more personal items, excerpts from his Ambassador’s Journal, and letters to President Kennedy describing a nation and a world moving towards crisis. Here is a glittering prose mosaic of the Galbraith style, a portrait of a great man for ever challenging the beliefs of his generation. ‘A singular delight . . . the delight of consistent good prose, and of a thinking man thinking.’ – New York Times Cover design by Peter Rozycki, incorporating a photograph of J K Galbraith by Dennis Barna (Globe Photos Inc.) A Pelican Book Economics Current Events

John Kenneth Galbraith

The Galbraith reader: from the works of John Kenneth Galbraith