Download or read book Economics and the Public Purpose written by John Kenneth Galbraith and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1973 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criticism of the present economic system of the USA and proposals for comprehensive economic policy reform - covers the general economic theory of advanced economic development, consumption, and the concept of the household, the market system in relation to the service sector and the self employed, economic planning, price policy, inflation, income distribution, fiscal policy, the environment, technological change, the role of women, etc.