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The Reith Lectures: J K Galbraith - The New Industrial State: The Role of the State

J K Galbraith - The New Industrial State

04/12/1966

The Role of the State

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Professor J K Galbraith explores the power large corporations could have over the state. 

Professor J K Galbraith explores the power large corporations could have over the state in his fourth lecture entitled 'The Role of the State'. 

Professor John Kenneth Galbraith is the Paul M Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University and is the author of 'The Affluent Society'. In his Reith series entitled 'The New Industrial State', he explores the economics of production.

In this lecture entitled 'The Role of the State', Professor Galbraith explores the relationship states have with large Corporations. He argues that the state and private industry are moving closer together and warns there is a danger that the state could become too involved with industry, and consequently policies could be influenced by these corporations. Galbraith looks at what the state should be providing for its citizens. 

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J K Galbraith explores the economics of production and the effect on state development.

The Canadian-American economist Professor J K Galbraith explores the economics of production and the effect on the development of the state.

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