Traces the evolution of the world economy from World War I to the present, discussing such issues as the Russian Revolution, the Depression, Roosevelt and the New Deal, Reaganomics, and the fall of communism
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Now in paperback, Galbraith's eyewitness account of the economic trends, watersheds, and foibles of our time is one of his most popular and accessible books yet, translated into a dozen languages. From World War I and the Russian Revolution to the implications of communism's fall, from the "superbly insane decade of the twenties" and the Great Depression to the Reagan era and beyond, the renowned economist here exhibits unmatched wisdom and scope. Whether he is analyzing Keynesian theory or the end of colonialism, the forging of Kennedy's New Frontier, or the "unintended history of the 1980s," this master narrator epitomizes the hindsight and the vision of one who actively influenced many of the events so colorfully chronicled here.
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