by John Kenneth Galbraith · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432246531
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«El profesor de Harvard» is the satirical novel by economist John Kenneth Galbraith, published by Seix Barral in paperback (189 pages, in Spanish).
A renowned university professor creates a curious financial forecasting system that shakes up the country's stock market and elevates him as a powerful figure. Galbraith thus composes a satire of the financial world, with a critical and ironic look at the contradictions of the system and those who dominate it.
The novel was originally published as «A Tenured Professor» (1990); the Spanish edition appeared in 1991.
Suitable for students of economics and business administration, as well as for those who enjoy satires of the academic and financial world.
John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. He served as the deputy director of the powerful Office of Price Administration (OPA) during World War II in charge of stabilizing all prices, wages and rents in the American economy, to combat the threat of inflation and hoarding during a time of shortages and rationing, a task which was successfully accomplished.
