JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH: HIS LIFE, HIS POLITICS, HIS ECONOMICS
Book ID/图书代码： 04640004B06813
English Summary/英文概要： The life and times of America’s most celebrated economist, assessing his lessons—and warnings—for us today
John Kenneth Galbraith’s books—among them The Affluent Society and American Capitalism—are famous for good reason. Written by a scholar renowned for energetic political engagement and irrepressible wit, they are models of provocative good sense that warn prophetically of the dangers of deregulated markets, war in Asia, corporate greed, and stock-market bubbles. Galbraith’s work has also deeply—and controversially—influenced his own profession, and in Richard Parker’s hands his biography becomes a vital reinterpretation of American economics and public policy.
Born and raised on a small Canadian farm, Galbraith began teaching at Harvard during the Depression. He was FDR’s “price czar” during the war and then a senior editor of Fortune before returning to Harvard and to fame as a bestselling writer. Parker shows how, from his early championing of Keynes to his acerbic analysis of America’s “private wealth and public squalor,” Galbraith regularly challenged prevailing theories and policies. And his account of Galbraith’s remarkable friendship with John F. Kennedy, whom he served as a close advisor while ambassador to India, is especially relevant for its analysis of the intense, dynamic debates that economists and politicians can have over how America should manage its wealth and power. This masterful chronicle gives color, depth, and meaning to the record of an extraordinary life.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 约翰肯尼斯高伯瑞是不折不扣的全美最有名望的经济学家。高伯瑞总是极力把经济状况与当时出现的种种危机结合在一起，他以犀利、睿智地眼光洞悉美国政坛的瑕疵，他还是位多产的畅销作家，他的作品总是对解调后的市场、公司不断膨胀的贪欲以及美国的穷兵黩武的潜在威胁敲响警钟，其中的作品有《1929股票崩盘》、《富庶的社会》、和《新型工业国家》。这本出自Richard Parker之手的《约翰肯尼斯高伯瑞传》是第一本讲述高伯瑞的权威传记，它的重要之处在于《约翰肯尼斯高伯瑞传》重新解析了政府的公众政策以及经济学的实际运作方式。
高伯瑞出生于1908年的加拿大，在一户小农场上长大，二十五岁的时候就受邀赴哈佛任教，1938年的时候，他辞去的哈佛的职位，来到华盛顿参加了新政计划，在二战的时候他担任了罗斯福的“价格沙皇”。之后，他去了《财富》杂志，做专栏作家，在《财富》的时候他竭尽全力普及约翰凯恩思的作品，1949年他重返哈佛开始写作，创作出了多部让他声名鹊起的作品。
多年了，高伯瑞形成一种独特的研究经济学的方式，这样独树一帜的风格让他既看不惯保守派，也会对许多自由派的经济学家横加指责。Parker以生动、细腻的笔法真实地表现了高伯瑞与其他经济学家之间的交往关系，以及他们带动的政治风潮-----譬如“古典凯恩斯学综合派”，“新前沿”、“货币主义”、“供给学派”以及流行于八九十年代的保守主义革命。
正是因为高伯瑞始终处在当时美国政坛的风口浪尖，所以《约翰肯尼斯高伯瑞传》自然而然地会提到了很多当时的公共政策以及这些政策背后的始作俑者。
高伯瑞总是对人们普遍认同的观点唱反调（“普遍认同的观点”这个词语就是他创造的），他既尖刻地分析了美国五十年代肆意的“个人财富和公众贫穷”的现象，也强烈的谴责了越战的无情。Parker还特别谈到了高伯瑞与约翰肯尼迪之间的真挚友情，高伯瑞担当了肯尼迪政府的驻印大使，其中的见解独到，我们可以从其中的篇章了解到很多经济政策，美国对亚洲的政策，以及五角大楼的预算对于公共事务方方面面的巨大影响。在之后的章节中，作者分析对于美国后几任政府在管理美国财政以及如何巩固美国势力方面犯下了诸多的错误，高伯瑞的态度又是如何的，这也让我们更客观地了解了约翰逊、尼克、松里根和布什执政的岁月。当然在《约翰肯尼斯高伯瑞传》中，Parker也同样非常关注那些滋润了高伯瑞和妻子Kitty之间夫妻生活他们的温馨、热情的友谊纽带。
这本大师级作品为伟人的一生赋予了更多的色彩、深度和意义。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Richard Parker, an Oxford-trained economist and senior fellow of the Shorenstein Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, writes extensively on economics and public policy. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife and children.
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