The mythmakers : an essay on power and wealth / Bernard D. Nossiter

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1964.Description: vii, 244 pages ; 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973
LOC classification:
  • HC 106.5 .N66 1964
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Contents:
1. The corporate vision and the new frontier -- 2. Blue chips and tax carrots -- 3. The visible hands -- 4. Of consciences and kings -- 5. The myth of countervailing power -- 6. The split-level society -- 7. The two half-truths of disarmament -- 8. Planning and freedom: a modest proposal.
Summary: "This book attempts to describe the anatomy and operation of the American political economy, with an emphasis on the Kennedy administration. It is concerned with identifying the principal forces at work, and examining their consequences and prescribing some remedies for clear and present ills." -- from chapter 1.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HC 106.5 .N66 1964 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19090016

Portions of Chapter 4 first appeared, in substantially different form, in Harper's Magazine, September 1963.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.

1. The corporate vision and the new frontier -- 2. Blue chips and tax carrots -- 3. The visible hands -- 4. Of consciences and kings -- 5. The myth of countervailing power -- 6. The split-level society -- 7. The two half-truths of disarmament -- 8. Planning and freedom: a modest proposal.

"This book attempts to describe the anatomy and operation of the American political economy, with an emphasis on the Kennedy administration. It is concerned with identifying the principal forces at work, and examining their consequences and prescribing some remedies for clear and present ills." -- from chapter 1.

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