by John Kenneth Galbraith · Editorial Ariel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434410848
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«Historia de la economía» is John Kenneth Galbraith's essay on economic history, published by Editorial Ariel in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
Galbraith traces a journey through the history of economic thought, from classical Greece to the twentieth century, and explains how each theory responds to its historical and social environment. The author combines erudition with an accessible and provocative tone, paying special attention to authors such as Aristotle, Marx and Keynes.
Translation by Hernán Rodríguez-Campoamor. Published in 1991 in the Ariel Sociedad Económica collection.
A reference work for both university economics students and readers interested in the history of economic thought.
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.
