The McLandress Dimension

by John Kenneth Galbraith

Written by economist John Kenneth Galbraith, under the pseudonym Mark Epernay. This book is a satirical economic gem and one of the author's few works of fictions.

126 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and democratic socialism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers in the 1950s and 1960s. A prolific author, he produced four dozen books & over a 1000 articles on many subjects. Among his most famous works was his economics trilogy: American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958) & The New Industrial State (1967). He taught at Harvard University for many years. He was active in politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson. He served as US Ambassador to India under John F. Kennedy.

He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice: one in 1946 from President Truman, and another in 2000 from President Clinton. He was also awarded the Order of Canada in 1997, and in 2001, the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, for strengthening ties between India and the USA.

Reviews

[Ejl]

A weirdly prophetic set of fictionalized essays that propose reducing political problems to simple mathematical equations. Written by economist Galbraith under the pseudonym Mark Epernay.