The Age of Uncertainty

London England: British Broadcasting Company/Andre Deutsch, 1977. Hardback. wear to edges of D/J.The ideas of economists and social philosophers shape actions and events even when we are unaware of their sources. They have a decisive influence on the great rush of evolution and change through which the world has passed in the last two hundred years. The author traces these ideas and their consequences from Adam Smith, through Marx and Lenin, to Keynes and to the thinking that gave shape to the concepts of the Cold War, the corporation and, now, the conflicts and concerns of the Third World. It is a notable book, written with Professor Galbraith's accustomed wit, clairty and high professional competence - the qualities that have made him one of the most widely admired and widely read writers of the time, not only in English but in a full dozen other languages. But this cool and amusing volume is also written for a yet wider audience than his earlier books - it is for all, in fact, who wish to know and understand the sources both of their own ideas and of those that shape the world. Illustrated. 366 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fair +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback.