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An
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of
History:
ACritique
of
Galbraith's
Account
of
American
Capitalism
ByChrisR.Tame
357
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AN
ECONOMIC
MISINTERPRETATION
OF
HISTORY:
ACRITIQUE
OF
GALBRAITH'SACCOUNT
OF
AMERICANCAPITALISM
ByChrisR.
Tame
Suchis
the
devastating
rebuttal
by
contemporary
economists
of
J.K.
Galbraith,
that
toaddtoitwouldalmostseemsuper
fluous.(1)Eventhose
of
hisprofessionalpeerswhosharehispoliticalorientationmaintainadiscreetsilenceregardingthe
merits
or
demerits
of
Galbraith's
contribution
to
economic
science.
But,
alas,inthisagealack
of
intellectualclothes
does
not
seemtodebaranyonefromacclaim
or
influence,
and
Galbraithsurelyconstitutes
the
barestacademic
"Emperor"
of
our
time.While
othersexpound
socialismwithineconomics
with
atleastsomesemblance
of
dignity
and
adherenceto
the
standards
of
their
profession,
Galbraith
aims
at,
and
influences,
the
lumpen
intelligentsia,
the"new
class"purveyors,popularizers
and
con
sumers
of
ideas,
and,
of
course,
those
sociologists
for
whom
an
objective,
value-freesocial
science
remains
a
closed
book.
Given
the
failure
of
past
criticism
of
Galbraith
to
have
had
muchimpactupon
his
influenceand
reputation,
it
might
seem
arrogant
or
quixotic
to
add
toit.
But
the
repeated
refutation
of
error,
as
tediousand
unending
as
it
might
often
seem,
isa
scholarly
duty,
and
the
only
path
to
the
eventual
defeat
of
sucherror.
It
becomesamoreurgent
duty
when
that
error
ispreg
nant
withdeleteriousconsequencesfor
the
lives
and
liberties
of
the
greatmass
of
ordinarypeople.TheAge
of
Uncertainty
AmongstGalbraith'srecentworks
TheAge
of
Uncertainty
is
distinctive
in
two
respects:
it
appeared
both
asa
book
and
asa
lavishly
producedthirteen
part
televisionseries;
and
it
aimed
tobe
"a
history
of
economicideas
and
theirconsequences,"(2)
amixture
of
intellectualandeconomichistory.Acertaindegree
of
superficiality
or
simplificationmightbeexcusedbecause
of
its(intended)
popular
audience,
but
ProfessorGalbraith
cannot
excusehimselffromadherencetobasicstandards
of
scholarship
or
honesty.Inspite
of
hisclaimtohaveprepared
"careful
essays"(3)
on
the
topics
of
eachchapter,
TheAge
of
Uncert-
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