Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Economic Planning in a Democratic Society? -- In no country where private enterprise is dominant could central planning be successful without a close and trustful co-operation between government, private enterprise and...

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- PART ONE. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL POLICY -- CHAPTER ONE. The National Policy: A Matter of Definition -- CHAPTER TWO. Agriculture and the Investment Frontier before Confederation -- CHAPTER THREE. The Western Territories and the National...

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- NOTE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PART I. INTRODUCTION: SOME ORIENTATION ISSUES IN ECONOMICS -- ONE. SCIENCE: A BRIEF EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS -- TWO. CONCEPTS, NUMBERS, AND QUALITY -- THREE. SOME OBJECT LESSONS FROM PHYSICS --...

Biographical note: GalbraithJohn Kenneth: John Kenneth Galbraith was Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Harvard University. James Goodman is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- 1. PURPOSES OF THE ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS -- 2. BENEFITS FOR THE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE -- 3. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE ALLIANCE -- 4. DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION -- 5. REBUILDING THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS -- 6. FREE INITIATIVE AND THE ALLIANCE FOR...

In his first book since leaving Washington to return to the University of Minnesota, he describes the emergence of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson as practicing economists, evaluates their economic policies, and sketches the patterns that are being established for the future. He tells how the...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Appendix Tables -- Introduction -- Part I. -- 1. The Antecedents of Recent Development -- 2. The Change in Leadership: Transition from Military to Civilian Government, 1961-1964 -- 3. The Struggle for Democracy -- 4. Growing Economic Emphasis -- 5....