{"product_id":"a-life-in-our-times-paperback","title":"A Life in Our Times - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe richly adventurous memoirs of one of the most dazzling public figures to dominate the American scene over the last decades\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As a raconteur and a literary stylist he stands with the best. . . . As entertainment, the book is a total success.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Absorbing and irresistible.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A highly perceptive commentary on all our yesterdays . . . anecdotal, amusing, animated and above all, illuminating.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eJohn Barkham Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An enjoyable book, full of fun, full of wisdom, and full of rare insights into the history of our times.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A delightfully teeming book . . .  John Kenneth] Galbraith's comic voice is a distinctive and durable literary achievement.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1908 in Ontario, Canada. He earned a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1934 and later took a fellowship at Cambridge, where he first encountered Keynesian economics. At different points in his life he taught at both Harvard and Princeton, and wrote more than 40 books on an array of economic topics, including \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Financial Euphoria\u003c\/i\u003e. During World War II he served as the deputy head of the Office of Price Administration, charged with preventing inflation from crippling the war efforts, and also served as the US ambassador to India during the Kennedy administration. He died in 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45334701473894,"sku":"9780345303233","price":39.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TWhVWG56WER0dWNQazlrV2FkWU45QT09.webp?v=1774518407","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-life-in-our-times-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}