Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - Alex - GoodreadsI credit this book, which I read during a summer college internship at the Federal Reserve, with stimulating my interest in pursuing graduate studies in economics and with opening my eyes to a very ... Read full review
Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - Hans G. - GoodreadsThis is a superb book. It is a book, however, that has become dated. Its datedness should not dissuade potential readers. The datedness of "The New Industrial State" has only changed the books ... Read full review
Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - DoctorM - GoodreadsA book from another century and another age, but one that still bears reading. JKG's account of the transformation of market capitalism into something more bureaucratised and rigid owes a great deal ... Read full review
Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - Nate - GoodreadsFor dry economic texts, JKG's books are surprisingly funny. Read full review
Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - Hadrian - GoodreadsI would go so far as to say that this is the sort of book that makes understanding modern economics possible. Give it a shot. It's not your ordinary economics book. Read full review
Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - Julie - GoodreadsGalbraith informs us that the success of the managed economy in its core sectors from the commanding heights, will unfortunately produce more workers, than the state can find jobs for. A pretty significant contradition. Read full review
Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - GoodreadsI've been reading a lot of books on economics lately – and like popular books on any of the sciences they have tended to start by telling me that what they are saying is the cutback, easy version of ...
Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - James - GoodreadsI read this when it was first published in 1967. As part of my freshman Honors Econ course I wrote a blistering critique of what I still consider one of the worst books I have ever read. I argued from ... Read full review
Review: The New Industrial State (James Madison Library in American Politics)
User Review - Maureen - GoodreadsJohn Kenneth Galbraith gave me a copy of this book in the Atlanta airport. What happened was this: he had come to make an address at the University of Georgia shortly after the publication of The New ... Read full review
