Galbraith, John Kenneth

The distinguished economist candidly comments on his trip to China and the workings of the Chinese economy.

The noted economist-diplomat traces the evolution of money and the institutions and techniques for its management and mismanagement from Lydian coinage to current inflation.

Analyzes the 1929 collapse of the stock market discussing the ways financiers and bankers ignored reality and therefore encouraged the crash.

Discusses the new economics of abundance, laying bare the hazards of individual and societal complacency about economic inequality.