Richard Parker (4) (1946–)

A magnificant biography. The "his economics" part of the title is not a lie. The author, who is an economist himself, goes into highly detailed descriptions of where Galbraith fits in the history of ecomonics and his own ideas. In reading this book you learn a fair amount about economics as a disipline - and economists as humans. Galbraith was more influential and more correct than he is typically given credit for.

Galbraith lived a fascinating life that spanned not only economics - but show more politics, academia, the army, agriculture, and diplomacy. The author provides extensive details each of these aspects of Galbraith's life. The book does suffer a bit from the typical biographers weakness for fooling in love with his subject. show less

Galbraith, John Kenneth (Subject)