The Good Society : The Humane Agenda
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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ISBN: 0395859980
Publisher: Mariner Books (30 April, 1997)
Sales Rank: 111,888
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 2 out of 5
Interesting ideas poorly communicated
Galbraith's insight on society unfortunately gets lost in a maze of double negatives and confusing sentence structure. His ideas are sound, though he has a very off-putting pompous delivery. In fact, his verbosity and poor structure is so bad, that it turns what should be a slim read into a fairly mind-numbing experience. The book really needs to go back to an editor.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A Treatise for Economic Justice
This book is on my short shelf of most important books of this era, in that Galbraith takes the work of his earlier economic analyses over many books, and gives an all-humanity based outline to consider for the 21st century.Those who dismiss this book as non-economic I fear are stuck within narrow definitions, as opposed to the more human-based origins of the word economics (from oikonomia, home management). It is this narrow definition that is prone to the boom-bust cycles Galbraith discusses in earlier historical works on the history of modern economics, and is part ofthe current recessional problem.
This book is a cry for human-based economics, and would be a good book study or resource for businesses, community organizations, or churches around North America.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Too bad Galbraith isn't much of an economist.
Galbraith is a very clear writer. He rarely uses technical jargon or mathematics. But unlike some other popular writers, it isn't because he is able to explain complex phenomena without them. He doesn't appear to understand them. This book reads like a fairy tale or child's letter to Santa Claus. Mr. Galbraith doesn't seem to understand economics well enough to pass economics 101. But he does have an excellent command of the English language. Similar Products
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